구두

Korean

Etymology 1

Seems to be borrowed from Japanese 靴 (kutsu, “shoe”), attestable since 759 CE, but then some Japanese sources suggest that the Japanese term may have been borrowed from Korean 구두 (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?). Compare Hamgyong Korean 구주 (guju).[1] First attested in the Daehan Maeil Sinbo (大韓每日新報 / 대한매일신보) (No. 84), 1903. The late attestation also points to a late loanword from Japanese.

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gudu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gudu
McCune–Reischauer?kudu
Yale Romanization?kwutwu

Noun

구두 • (gudu)

  1. dress shoes (Western-style footwear made of leather)
    Synonym: (dated) 양혜(洋鞋) (yanghye)
    Hypernyms: 신 (sin, “shoes”), 신발 (sinbal, “shoes”)
See also

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 口頭 (“oral”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈku(ː)du]
  • Phonetic hangul: [구(ː)두]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gudu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gudu
McCune–Reischauer?kudu
Yale Romanization?kwūtwu

Noun

구두 • (gudu) (hanja 口頭)

  1. word of mouth; verbal means

References
  1. Rei Fukui (2017 March 28) 小倉進平『朝鮮語方言の研究』所載資料による言語地図とその解釈―第１集‎, 東京大学人文社会系研究科 韓国朝鮮文化研究室, pages 33-36
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