모시

First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 毛施 (Yale: mwòsì).

In the hangul script, first attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 모시 (Yale: mwòsì).

Compare Japanese 苧(むし) (mushi, “ramie”), possibly a borrowing from Korean into Japanese.

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• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 모시의 / 모시에 / 모시까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.

모시 • (mosi)

1. ramie fabric, ramie cloth
2. ramie plant

   Synonym: 모시풀 (mosipul)

Sino-Korean word from 某時, from 某 (“certain”) + 時 (“time, hour”).

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  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

모시 • (mosi) (hanja 某時)

1. some hour, a certain hour (often used to substitute a specific hour, either for anonymity or to generalize the situation)

   모월 모일 모시에 ― mowol moil mosie ― at some hour in some day in some month

See the main entry at 모이 (moi).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
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• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 모시의 / 모시에 / 모시까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the first syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

모시 • (mosi)

1. Dialectal form of 모이 (moi, “feed for poultry”)
2. (Gyeongsang, figurative) snacks for children
3. (Yukjin) fodder for cattle

   Synonym: (Standard Seoul) 여물 (yeomul)

Sino-Korean word from 侮 (“disdain”) + 視 (“see”).

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모시 • (mosi) (hanja 侮視)

1. (rare, formal) scorn, disdain

   Synonyms: 멸시(蔑視) (myeolsi), 경멸(輕蔑) (gyeongmyeol)

• 모시(侮視)하다 (mosihada, “to scorn, to disdain”)