맙소사

Korean

Etymology

A corruption of 마옵소서 (maopsoseo), a contraction of 하느님 마옵소서 (haneunim maopsoseo, “God forbid!”). First attested in the 20th century.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈma̠(ː)ps͈o̞sʰa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [맙(ː)쏘사]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?mapsosa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mabsosa
McCune–Reischauer?mapsosa
Yale Romanization?māp.sosa

Interjection

맙소사 • (mapsosa)

  1. oh my God!, good heavens!
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