어시

Jeju

Etymology

From Old Korean 母史 (*Esi). Cognate with Korean 어이 (eoi).

Pronunciation
  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽əsi⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [əɕʰi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [어시]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eosi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eosi
Yale Romanization?esi

Noun

어시 (eosi)

  1. (rare outside of compounds) parents, mother (of an animal)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Korean

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See the main entry.

Noun

어시 • (eosi)

  1. Hamgyong, Yukjin, and Russia form of 어이 (eoi, “parents, mother”).
    • 2015 February 12, 한 블라지미르 [han beullajimireu], “고려장이 없어진 유래 [goryeojang'i eopseojin yurae]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎, 우즈베키스탄 [ujeubekiseutan]:
      이제 쳐버려야 한다고 어시도 없는데
      ije cheobeoryeoya handa-go eosi-do eom-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 [duman'gang yuyeogui joseoneo bang'eon sajeon, 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 [jeonggiho], “어느 과부와 귀가하던 과객 [eoneu gwabuwa gwigahadeon gwagaek]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎, 대구직할시 수성구 범어동 [daegujikhalsi suseonggu beomeodong]:
      어느 산고개를 넘어가 어시 멀리 가뿠단 말이라.
      Eoneu san'gogae-reul neomeoga eosi meolli gapputdan mar-ira.
      They had to go a very long distance to cross a certain mountain pass.
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