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==Jeju==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|jje|/na̠/}}

===Etymology 1===
Cognate with {{cog|ko|나#I|나}}.

====Pronoun====
{{head|jje|pronoun}}

# [[I]], the first-person singular pronoun

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|jje|okm|낳〮}}.

====Noun====
{{head|jje|noun}}

# [[age]]

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{alt|jje|나이}}

===References===
* {{R:JDD|2=4820}}
* {{R:Jeju-eo Talking Dictionary}}

==Korean==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|ko|okm|-}} {{okm-l|나|nà|3=I; me}}. Presumably existed in Old Korean, but cannot be ascertained because Old Korean pronouns were written with Chinese logograms that obscure the pronunciation.

It has been suggested since the 1950s that the basic Korean pronouns {{m-self|ko|나|t=I; me}}, {{m|ko|너|t=you}}, and {{m|ko|누|t=who}} (> modern {{m|ko|누구}}) were all formed from the same etymon via [[ablaut]], which appears to have once been an extremely productive process in Korean, at some very ancient stage.<ref>{{cite-journal|year=1971|journal=Gugeo gungmunhak|volume=54|pages=93—132|title={{lang|ko|{{ruby|[母](모)[音](음)의 [意](의)[味](미)[交](교)[替](체)의 [範](범)[疇](주)-[中](중)[期](기)[國](국)[語](어)를 [中](중)[心](심)으로}}}}|trans-title=Categories of semantic vowel alternation: Focusing on Middle Korean|author=ko:이근수}}</ref><ref>{{cite-journal|year=1975|journal=Eomunnonjip|volume=10|pages=85—100|title={{lang|ko|Ablaut {{ruby|[硏](연)[究](구)}}}}|trans-title=A study of ablaut|author=ko:이근수}}</ref> Given the very limited data on prehistoric Korean, this hypothesis cannot be proven for sure either way.

Possibly cognate with {{cog|ojp|己|tr=na|t=I|pos=first-person singular plain (non-polite) pronoun}}; if so, generally assumed to be a Korean loan into Japanese given the scarcity of Ryukyuan cognates ({{ko-ref|Vovin 2010}}).

====Pronunciation====
{{ko-IPA|a=y}}

====Pronoun====
{{ko-pos|pronoun}}

# [[I]], [[me]]; the first-person singular plain (non-polite) pronoun
#: {{syn|ko|저#I|alt=저|t=I, me|q=humble}}
#: {{ant|ko|너|t=you}}
#: {{uxi|ko|'''나'''[[-는]] [[하늘]][[-을]] [[날다|나는]] [[자동차]][[-가]] [[빨리]] [[발명되다|발명-되기]][[-를]] [[바라다|바란다]].|'''I''' hope that flying cars will be invented soon.}}

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{alt|ko|내#I|alt=내||[[allomorph]] before the nominative marker {{m|ko|-가}}}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col2|ko
|너나<t:you and me>
}}

=====See also=====
{{col2|ko
|우리<t:we>
}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|ko|okm|낳〮}}; see the main entry for more.

====Pronunciation====
{{ko-IPA|a=y|l=y}}

====Noun====
{{ko-noun}}

# {{lb|ko|especially|_|Gyeongsang}} {{alternative form of|ko|나이|t=age}}

===Etymology 3===
Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

====Syllable====
{{ko-syllable}}

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# {{ko-hanja-reading|奈|[[어찌]]|[[how]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|哪|[[어찌]]|[[how]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|那|[[어찌]]|[[how]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|懦|[[나약하다|나약할]]|[[feeble]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|儺|[[푸닥거리]]|[[exorcist]]ic [[rite]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|娜|[[아리땁다|아리따울]]|[[beautiful]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|拿|[[잡다|잡을]]|[[grab]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|拏|[[붙잡다|붙잡을]]|[[grab]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|挐|[[붙잡다|붙잡을]]|[[grab]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|挪|[[옮기다|옮길]]|[[move]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|梛|[[나무]] [[이름]]|[[name]] of a [[tree]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|糥|[[찰벼]]|[[sticky]] [[rice]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|難|[[우거지다|우거질]]|[[lush]] with [[plant]]s}}
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===Etymology 4===
Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters, when in isolation or as the first character of a word. Word-internally, they are pronounced as {{m|ko|라}}.

Following a language reform in the mid-twentieth century, North Koreans pronounce these characters as {{m|ko|라}} in all environments.

====Syllable====
{{ko-syllable}}

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# {{ko-hanja-reading|羅|[[그물]]|[[net]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|倮|[[벗다|벗을]]|[[disrobe]], [[naked]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|裸|{{alternative form of|ko|倮}}}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|懶|[[게으르다|게으를]]|[[lazy]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|癩|[[나환자]]|[[leper]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|螺|[[소라]]|[[aquatic]] [[snail]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|儸|[[간능]] [[있다|있을]]|[[talented]], [[competent]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|蠃|[[나나니벌]]|[[wasp]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|囉|[[소리]] [[얽히다|얽힐]]|for [[sound]]s to [[mingle]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|曪|[[햇빛]] [[없다|없을]]|without [[sunlight]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|瘰|[[연주창]]|[[scrofula]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|砢|[[돌]] [[쌓이다|쌓일]]|[[pile|piling]] of [[stone]]s}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|臝|[[벌거벗다|벌거벗을]]|[[naked]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|蘿|[[쑥]]|[[mugwort]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|邏|[[순라]]|[[supervisor]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|鑼|[[징]]|[[gong]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|騾|[[노새]]|[[mule]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|亽}}
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===Etymology 5===
{{ko-verb-form}}

# {{inflection of|ko|나다||present}}

===References===
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{{cln|ko|first person pronouns}}