벗

From Middle Korean 벋〯 (pět). Cognate with Korean 벗 (beot).

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽pəs⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [pət̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [벋]

벗 (beot) (counter 멩)

1. friend, companion

   Synonyms: 동모 (dongmo), 친구 (chin'gu)

   Antonym: 웬수 (wensu, “enemy”)

   벗을 사귀다 ― beos-eul sagwida ― to make friends

   난 언치냑 벗이영 바당이 걸어강 연걸릴락 ᄌᆞ미지게 헨.

   Nan eonchinyak beos-iyeong badang-i georeogang yeon'geollillak jawmijige hen.

   Last night, I walked to the beach with my friend, and we enjoyed playing kite-fighting.

   • 2009, 제주 문화 예술 재단 [jeju munhwa yesul jaedan], “벗 [beot]”, in 개정 증보 제주어 사전 [gaejeong jeungbo jejueo sajeon]‎, 제주 특별 자치도 [jeju teukbyeol jachido], →ISBN, page 437:

     (속) 양식 싸지 말앙 벗을 멀리 두라.

     (Sok) yangsik ssaji marang beos-eul meolli dura.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2012 August 23, 문순덕 [munsundeok, Moon Soon-deok], 오승훈 [oseunghun, Oh Seung-hun], “IV. 관광 [IV. gwan'gwang, Travel and Tourism]”, in 원종섭 [wonjongseop, Won Jong-sup], transl., edited by (주)컴퍼스미디어 [(ju)keompeoseumidieo, Compass Media Ltd.], 제주어와 영어로 ᄀᆞᆮ는 제주 이야기: A Guide to Jeju Spoken in the Language of Jeju and English‎, 제주발전연구원 [jejubaljeonyeon'guwon]: 양영오 [yang'yeong'o, Yang Young-oh], →ISBN, archived from the original on 27 January 2023, 국립제주박물관: “ᄒᆞᆫ번 가 보구정 ᄒᆞ덴마씸” [gungnipjejubangmulgwan: “hawnbeon ga bogujeong hawdenmassim”], page 106:

     웨국에서 벗이 와신디 박물관에 ᄒᆞᆫ번 가 보구정 ᄒᆞ덴마씸.

     Wegug-eseo beos-i wasindi bangmulgwan-e hawnbeon ga bogujeong hawden-massim.

     I’ve got a friend from abroad who wants to visit museums.

   • 2015 December, 고동호 [godongho], 송상조 [songsangjo], 오창명 [ochangmyeong], 문순덕 [munsundeok], 오승훈 [oseunghun], “5. 단어의 분류 [5. daneoui bullyu]”, in 제줏말의 이해 [jejunmarui ihae, Understanding Jeju] (overall work in Korean), 제주특별자치도 [jejuteukbyeoljachido]: 제주발전연구원 제주학연구센터 [jejubaljeonyeon'guwon jejuhagyeon'gusenteo], page 111:

     (22) ㄱ. 느네 벗ᄀᆞ라 일헤 도렝 ᄒᆞ라.

     (22) Giyeok. Neu-ne beot-gawra ilhe doreng hawra.

     (22) A. Tell your friend to (do) work (for me).

   • 2017, 양창용 [yangchang'yong, Yang Changyong], 윌리암 오그레디 [william ogeuredi, William O'Grady], 양세종 [yangsejong, Yang Sejung], “1과 는 멧 ᄉᆞᆯ? [1gwa neun met sawl?, Chapter 1: How old are you?]”, in 제주어 1 [jejueo 1, Jeju 1]‎, 퍼플 [peopeul], →ISBN, page 5:

     나 벗은 미나고 집은 제주시우다.

     Na beos-eun mina-go jib-eun jejusi-uda.

     My friend is Mina, and she lives in Jeju City.

   • 2017, 양창용 [yangchang'yong, Yang Changyong], 윌리암 오그레디 [william ogeuredi, William O'Grady], 양세종 [yangsejong, Yang Sejung], “9과 느 히어지는야? [9gwa neu hieojineunya?, Chapter 9: Can you swim?]”, in 제주어 1 [jejueo 1, Jeju 1], 퍼플 [peopeul], →ISBN, page 61:

     [​ᄀᆞᆯ아볼락 2] 벗덜안틔 무시거 ᄒᆞ여지는지 듣곡 답ᄒᆞ여봅서.

     [​Gawrabollak 2] Beot-deorantui musigeo hawyeojineunji deutgok daphawyeobopseo.

     [Speaking 2] Try asking your friends what they're able to do, and then answer (what you're able to do yourself).

   • 2017 October 27, 양전형 [yangjeonhyeong], “벗”, in 제주어보전회 양전형의 제주어로 읽는 세상사 31 [jejueobojeonhoe - yangjeonhyeong'ui jejueoro ingneun sesangsa 31, Jeju Preservation Society]‎, archived from the original on October 21, 2021:

     벗은 제2의 나 ᄌᆞ신이다(아리스토텔레스), 벗 읏인 사름은 인생 반밖이 맛보지 못ᄒᆞᆫ 사름이고 결점이 읏인 벗을 ᄎᆞᆽ젱ᄒᆞ민 벗을 구하지 못ᄒᆞᆫ다(도이취 속담),…

     Beos-eun je-ir-ui na jawsin-ida(ariseutotelleseu), beot eudin sareum-eun insaeng ban-bakki matboji mothawn sareum-igo gyeoljeom-i eudin beo'seul chawtjenghawmin beos-eul guhaji mothawnda(doichwi sokdam),…

     A friend is our second self (Aristotle), without a friend a person can only taste half of life, and without flaws one can't find a friend when they look for one (Theodiscus proverb),…

   • 2020, Changyong Yang, Sejung Yang, William O'Grady, Jejueo : the language of Korea’s Jeju Island, Honolulu, USA: University of Hawai‘i Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →JSTOR, page 215:

     가이네 벗덜은 그듸서 무시거 줏어고.

     Gai-ne beot-deor-eun geudui-seo musigeo juseogo.

     (Did you see) what their friends were gathering up there?

• 벗ᄒᆞ다 (beothawda, “to become friends; to be close”)

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 벋〯 (Yale: pět). Cognate with Jeju 벗 (beot).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pɘ(ː)t̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [벋(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 벗의 / 벗에 / 벗까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

벗 • (beot)

1. (now literary) friend; companion

   Synonyms: (South Korea) 친구(親舊) (chin'gu), (North Korea) 동무 (dongmu), (literary) 붕우(朋友) (bung'u)

   • after 1795, 李洙 (I Su) [Lee Soo] et al., chapter 1, in 重刊老乞大諺解 (Junggan Nogeoldae Eonhae)‎^{Ogura Coll. Asami Coll.}, volume 1, page 2:

     내 ᄒᆞᆫ 벗이 이셔 ᄯᅥ져시매 / 이러므로 길ᄒᆡ 날호여 / 녜여 져ᄅᆞᆯ 기ᄃᆞ려 오노라 ᄒᆞ니 / 그러므로 오미 더듸여라

     nay hon pes-i isye stecyesimay / ilemulwo kilh-oy nalhwoye / nyeyye cye-lol kitolye wonwola honi / kulemulwo wom-i tetuyyela

     I had a friend who fell behind, so I walked slowly on the road to wait for him to catch up. This is why I was late.

   • after 1795, 李洙 (I Su) [Lee Soo] et al., chapter 111, in 重刊老乞大諺解 (Junggan Nogeoldae Eonhae)‎^{Ogura Coll. Asami Coll.}, volume 2, page 137:

     네 져 漢(한)ㅅ 벗

     ney cye HAN-s pes

     Your Chinese companion over there