# -고녀
## Middle Korean
### Etymology

First attested in the Gugyeol annotations of Cheollo Geumganggyeong (川老金剛經 / 천로금강경), 14th century, as Middle Korean 古隱亦 (*-kwonye).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kónyə́/

### Suffix

고〮녀〮 (-kwónyé)
* suffix used to exclaim newly-learned information.

#### Alternative forms

* 고〮나〮 (-kwóná), 고〮야〮 (-kwóyá)

### See also

Middle Korean sentence enders :
| Form | Form | Form | Mood | Notes | Notes | Notes | Applied to 셔 (sye-, “to stand”) |
| | 다〮 (-tá) 라〮 (-lá) | 다〮 (-tá) 라〮 (-lá) | Declarative | Unmarked | Unmarked | Unmarked | 셔다〮 (Yale: syètá) |
| | 우〮마〮 (-wúmá) | 우〮마〮 (-wúmá) | Declarative | Promissive | Promissive | Promissive | 셔우〮마〮 (Yale: syèwúmá) |
| ㄴ (-n) | 다〮 (-tá) | 다〮 (-tá) | Interrogative | Realis | Obligatory for second-person (2P) subject | Obligatory for second-person (2P) subject | 션다〮 (Yale: syèntá) |
| ㄴ (-n) | 가〮 (-ka) | 가〮 (-ka) | Interrogative | Realis | Polar question, non-2P subject | Polar question, non-2P subject | 션가〮 (Yale: syènká) |
| ㄴ (-n) | 고〮 (-kwo) | 고〮 (-kwo) | Interrogative | Realis | Wh-word question, non-2P subject | Wh-word question, non-2P subject | 션고〮 (Yale: syènkwó) |
| ㅭ (-lq) | 다〮 (-tá) | 다〮 (-tá) | Interrogative | Irrealis | Obligatory for 2P subject | Obligatory for 2P subject | 셜따〮 (Yale: syèlttá) |
| ㅭ (-lq) | 가〮 (-ká) | 가〮 (-ká) | Interrogative | Irrealis | Polar question, non-2P subject | Polar question, non-2P subject | 셜까〮 (Yale: syèlkká) |
| ㅭ (-lq) | 고〮 (-kwó) | 고〮 (-kwó) | Interrogative | Irrealis | Wh-word question, non-2P subject | Wh-word question, non-2P subject | 셜꼬〮 (Yale: syèlkkwó) |
| 니〮 (-ní-) | | 아〮 (-Gá) | Interrogative | Realis | Non-honorific | Polar question | 셔니〮아〮 (Yale: syèníGá), 셔녀〮 (Yale: syènyé) |
| 니〮 (-ní-) | | 오〮 (-Gwó) | Interrogative | Realis | Non-honorific | Non-polar question | 셔니〮오〮 (Yale: syèníGwó), 셔뇨〮 (Yale: syènywó) |
| 니〮 (-ní-) | ㅅ (-s-) | 가〮 (-ká) | Interrogative | Realis | Deferential | No polarity distinction | 셔닛〮가〮 (Yale: syèníská) |
| 니〮 (-ní-) | ᅌᅵᆺ (-ngìs-) | 가〮 (-ká) | Interrogative | Realis | Highly deferential | No polarity distinction | 셔니〮ᅌᅵᆺ가〮 (Yale: syèníngìská) |
| 리〮 (-lí-) | | 아〮 (-Gá) | Interrogative | Irrealis | Non-honorific | Polar question | 셔리〮아〮 (Yale: syèlíGá), 셔려〮 (Yale: syèlyé) |
| 리〮 (-lí-) | | 오〮 (-Gwó) | Interrogative | Irrealis | Non-honorific | Non-polar question | 셔리〮오〮 (Yale: syèlíGwó), 셔료〮 (Yale: syèlywó) |
| 리〮 (-lí-) | ㅅ (-s-) | 가〮 (-ká) | Interrogative | Irrealis | Deferential | No polarity distinction | 셔릿〮가〮 (Yale: syèlíská) |
| 리〮 (-lí-) | ᅌᅵᆺ (-ngìs-) | 가〮 (-ká) | Interrogative | Irrealis | Highly deferential | No polarity distinction | 셔리〮ᅌᅵᆺ가〮 (Yale: syèlíngìská) |
| | 라〮 (-lá) | 라〮 (-lá) | Imperative | Ordering | Non-honorific | Non-honorific | 셔라〮 (Yale: syèlá) |
| | 아〮쎠〮 (-ássyé) 어〮쎠〮 (-éssyé) | 아〮쎠〮 (-ássyé) 어〮쎠〮 (-éssyé) | Imperative | Ordering | Deferential | Deferential | 셔〮쎠〮 (Yale: syéssyé) |
| | 쇼〮셔〮 (-syósyé) | 쇼〮셔〮 (-syósyé) | Imperative | Ordering | Highly deferential | Highly deferential | 셔쇼〮셔〮 (Yale: syèsyósyé) |
| 고〮 (-kwó-) 오〮 (-Gwó-) | 라〮 (-lá) | 라〮 (-lá) | Imperative | Requesting | Non-honorific | Non-honorific | 셔고〮라〮 (Yale: syèkwólá) |
| 고〮 (-kwó-) 오〮 (-Gwó-) | 려〮 (-lyé) | 려〮 (-lyé) | Imperative | Requesting | Deferential | Deferential | 셔고〮려〮 (Yale: syèkwólyé) |
| 고〮 (-kwó-) 오〮 (-Gwó-) | ᅌᅵ (-ngì-) | 다〮 (-tá) | Imperative | Requesting | Highly deferential | Highly deferential | 셔고〮ᅌᅵ다〮 (Yale: syèkwóngìtá) |
| | 져〮 (-cyé) | 져〮 (-cyé) | Propositive | Plain | Plain | Plain | 셔져〮 (Yale: syècyé) |
| 사〮 (-sá-) | ᅌᅵ (-ngì-) | 다〮 (-tá) | Propositive | Deferential | Deferential | Deferential | 셔사〮ᅌᅵ다〮 (Yale: syèsángìtá) |
| ㄴ (-n) | 뎌〮 (-tyé) | 뎌〮 (-tyé) | Exclamatory | Self-honoring | Self-honoring | Self-honoring | 션뎌〮 (Yale: syèntyé) |
| ㅭ (-lq) | 셔〮 (-syé) | 셔〮 (-syé) | Exclamatory | Self-honoring | Self-honoring | Self-honoring | 셜쎠〮 (Yale: syèlssyé) |
| 고〮나〮 (-kwóná) | 고〮나〮 (-kwóná) | 고〮나〮 (-kwóná) | Exclamatory | Only sixteenth century | Only sixteenth century | Only sixteenth century | 셔고〮나〮 (Yale: syèkwóná) |
| Based on 나찬연 2020, 중세 국어의 이해; Lee and Ramsey 2011, History of the Korean Language. Morphological segmentation of the verbal paradigm sometimes differs between analyses. The list is not exhaustive. ||||||||

### References

* ↑ 황선엽 [hwangseonyeop] (1996) “고려가요 난해구 몇 구절에 대하여 [goryeogayo nanhaegu myeot gujeore daehayeo]”, in 관악어문연구, volume 21(0), 서울대학교 국어국문학과 [seouldaehakgyo gugeogungmunhakgwa], pages 419-439