See also: -되
U+B418, 되
HANGUL SYLLABLE DOE
Composition: +

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Hangul Syllables
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돼 ←→ 됴

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean  (Yale: twoy). Alteration of (, du).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?doe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?doe
McCune–Reischauer?toe
Yale Romanization?toy

Noun

(doe)

  1. (units of measure) A unit of volume equivalent to about 1.8 L.

Middle Korean

Etymology

First attested in Hangul form in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459. Probably a native Korean word, but possibly a corruption of Middle Chinese 東夷 (MC tuŋ jiɪ, “eastern barbarian”). The first attestation of the Korean word is Japanese; a 1019 raid on the Japanese island of Kyushu by Jurchen pirates is still referred to as the Toi invasion in Japan, after the Korean word for this unfamiliar people.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tǒj/

Noun

되〯 (twǒy)

  1. Jurchen

Descendants

  • Korean: 되강 (doegang)
  • Korean: 되놈 (doenom)

See also

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