노파

Korean

Sino-Korean word from 老婆, from 老 (“old”) + 婆 (“grandmother”).

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈno̞(ː)pʰa̠]
Phonetic hangul: [노(ː)파]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	nopa
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	nopa
McCune–Reischauer^?	nop'a
Yale Romanization^?	nō.pha

South Korean Standard Language	노파(老婆) (nopa)
North Korean Standard Language	로파(老婆) (ropa)

노파 • (nopa) (hanja 老婆)

old woman
- 1917, Yi Kwang-su, 이광수(李光洙), 無(무)情(졍) (Mujong):
  「웨 무슨 일 이 ᄉᆡᆼ겻셔요」 ᄒᆞ고 웃둑 셔 로파를 본다
  “we museun ir-i saenggyeotsyeoyo” hago utduk syeo ropa-reul bonda
  After [I] said, "Why? What has happened?" [I] stood up and looked at the old lady.