온갖

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Nammyeongjip eonhae (南明集諺解 / 남명집언해), 1482, as Middle Korean 온갓 (Yale: wonkas). From 온 (Yale: won, "all") + 갓 (Yale: kas, "things").

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[o̞nɡa̠t̚]
  • Phonetic Hangul[온갇]
Revised Romanization? on-gat
Revised Romanization (translit.)? ongaj
McCune–Reischauer? on'gat
Yale Romanization? onkac

Determiner

온갖 • (on-gat)

  1. all; every; all kinds of
    그는 온갖 음해에 시달렸다.
    Geuneun on-gat eumhaee sidallyeotda.
    He suffered all kinds of slanders.

Synonyms
  • 온가지 (on-gaji) (archaic)

References
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