보지

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Korean

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
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Etymology 1

From reconstructed Middle Korean *볻 (*pwot), with suffix 이 (-i, noun suffix). See Yukjin dialect 보대 (bodae, “vulva”), which was a dialect that did not undergo palatalization of /t/. Cognate with Jeju 보뎅이 (bodeng'i, “vulva”) and probably also Japanese 陰 (hoto, “id.”), historically from Old Japanese *potə. Compare also 불 (bul, “genitalia”), surviving in fossilized form in words such as 불알 (bural, “testicle”).

Noun

보지 • (boji)

  1. (vulgar) pussy, vulva, vagina
    Synonym: (not vulgar) 질 (jil)
Usage notes
  • Very vulgar, but not as offensive as 씹 (ssip).
See also

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 保持, from 保 (“to protect”) + 持 (“to sustain”).

Noun

보지 • (boji) (hanja 保持)

  1. (formal, uncommon) preservation, holding, retention
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 報知, from 報 (“to report”) + 知 (“to know”).

Noun

보지 • (boji) (hanja 報知)

  1. (rare) notice, announcement
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 김민수 [gimminsu], editor (1997), 우리말 어원사전 [urimal eowonsajeon], Taehaksa, →ISBN
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