아싸

Korean

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠s͈a̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [아싸]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	assa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	a'ssa
McCune–Reischauer?	assa
Yale Romanization?	a.ssa

Interjection

아싸 • (assa)

1. (colloquial) yeah!, awesome!

Alternative forms

• 앗싸 (atssa)

Etymology 2

Clipping of English outsider.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠s͈a̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [아싸]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	assa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	a'ssa
McCune–Reischauer?	assa
Yale Romanization?	a.ssa

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 아싸의 / 아싸에 / 아싸까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on both syllables, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

아싸 • (assa)

1. (slang, often self-disparaging) loner, friendless person

   Antonym: 인싸 (inssa)

   아싸들은 같이 밥을 먹어 줄 사람이 없어서 혼밥한다.

   Assa-deur-eun gachi bab-eul meogeo jul saram-i eopseoseo honbap-handa.

   The loners eat by themselves because they have no one who will eat with them.