-냐
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First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 으〮녀〮/ᄋᆞ〮녀〮 (Yale: -únyé/ónyé), equivalent (despite vowel mismatches) to a contraction of 으〮니아〮/ᄋᆞ〮니아〮 (Yale: -únìGá/ónìGá), ultimately from Old Korean 隱 (*-un, realis gerund suffix) + 是 (*-i, “to be”, copula stem) + 去 (*-ke, polar question interrogative suffix): etymologically "is it that...".
Recently, the epenthetical 으/느 (eu/neu) have been deleted, producing the modern form.
냐 • (-nya)
냐 • (-nya)
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