빗

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빗 U+BE57, 빗
HANGUL SYLLABLE BIS
Composition:ㅂ + ㅣ + ㅅ
← 빖
 		Hangul Syllables 빘 →
비빅빆빇빈빉빊
빋빌빍빎빏빐빑
빒빓빔빕빖빗빘
빙빚빛빜빝빞빟
븨 ←→ 빠

Jeju

Etymology

Cognate with Korean 빛 (bit).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bit
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bis
Yale Romanization?pis

Noun

빗 (bit)

  1. light

References

  • “빗” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.

Korean

빗

Etymology 1

First attested as Late Old Korean 苾 in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103. In the hangul script, first attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 빗 (Yale: pis).

Possibly an ancient pre-Sino-Korean borrowing from Old Chinese 篦 (OC *bis, “comb”). The Sino-Korean reading is 비 (篦, bi).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bit
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bis
McCune–Reischauer?pit
Yale Romanization?pis

Noun

빗 • (bit)

  1. comb (toothed or serrated)
    소녀가 핑크색 빗으로 머리를 빗고 있습니다.
    Sonyeoga pingkeusaek biseuro meorireul bitgo itseumnida.
    A girl is combing her hair with a pink comb.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 빗 (Yale: pis).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bit
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bis
McCune–Reischauer?pit
Yale Romanization?pis

Prefix

빗 • (bit)

  1. A prefix that adds the meaning of slope (in front of some verbs).
    빗대다. ― Bitdaeda. ― to allude to
  2. A prefix that adds the meaning of wrong to some verbs.
    빗나가다. ― Binnagada. ― to miss, go wide
  3. A prefix that adds the meaning of slope ( in front of some nouns).
    빗금 ― bitgeum ― oblique line

References

  1. ^ Nathan W. Hill (2019) The Historical Phonology of Tibetan, Burmese, and Chinese, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 185—186
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