어시

Jeju

Etymology

Cognate with Korean 어이 (eoi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əʃi/

Noun

어시 (eosi)

  1. parent; parents

Synonyms

Korean

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See the main entry.

Noun

어시 (eosi)

  1. Hamgyong, Yukjin, and Koryo-mar form of 어이 (eoi, parents, mother).
    • 2015 February 12, 한 블라지미르, “고려장이 없어진 유래”, in 한국구비문학대계, 우즈베키스탄:
      이제 버려야 한다 어시 는데
      ije cheobeoryeoya handa-go eosi-do eop-neunde
      But now I don't have parents to abandon
      • Excerpt from a Korean folk tale regarding how the alleged Goryeo practice of abandoning one's elderly parents to die ended.

Further reading

  • 곽충구 [Kwak Chung-gu] (2019) 두만강 유역의 조선어 방언 사전 [Dictionary of Korean Dialects of the Tumen River Area], volume II, Taehaksa, →ISBN, page 2534

Etymology 2

Presumably of native Korean origin.

Adverb

어시 (eosi)

  1. (northern Gyeongsang) very
    • 1983 August 17, 정기호, “어느 과부와 귀가하던 과객”, in 한국구비문학대계, 대구직할시 수성구 범어동:
      어느 산고개 넘어가 어시 멀리 가뿠단 이라.
      Eoneu san'gogae-reul neomeoga eosi meolli gapputdan mal-ira.
      They had to go a very long distance to cross a certain mountain pass.
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