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FromMiddle Korean의〮게(úykèy).
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | ege |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | ege |
| McCune–Reischauer? | ege |
| Yale Romanization? | eykey |
-에게• (-ege)
-에게 is the non-honorific form of-께 (-kke). Both are used only with nouns denoting animate objects (usually people or animals). For nouns denoting inanimate objects,-에 (-e) is used instead.