사투리

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Veritable Records of the Myeongjong Reign (明宗實錄/명종실록), 1549, as Middle Korean 四土俚 (Yale: sothwoli). In the hangul script, first attested in the Iju pungsoktong (夷州風俗通/이주풍속통), 1756, as Early Modern Korean ᄉᆞ토리 (Yale: sothwoli).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?saturi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?satuli
McCune–Reischauer?sat'uri
Yale Romanization?sā.thwuli
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 투리의 / 사투리에 / 사투리까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on the second and third syllables, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

사투리 (saturi)

  1. (primarily non-academic) a dialect or accent of a language, usually a non-standard one
    Synonym: (formal, academic) 방언(方言) (bang'eon, dialect)
    경상도 사투리 '새우' 하는지 알아?
    gyeongsangdo saturiro sae'u reul mwora haneunji ara?
    Do you know what the word for "shrimp" is in Gyeongsang dialect?
    영국에서 스코틀랜드 사투리 쓰는 사람 낮잡아 보나?
    yeonggug-eseo Seukoteullaendeu saturi-reul sseuneun saram-deur-eul natjaba bona-yo?
    In the United Kingdom, are people who use a Scottish accent looked down upon?
    • 1765, ()()() (Yi Gwang-myeong), ()()()()() [On the Customs of the Barbaric Province]:
      이곳 ᄉᆞ토리 디으니 도로혀 슌치 못ᄒᆞ다
      igot satoriro dieuni dorohyeo syunchi mothada
      As is written in the dialect of this place, it is once more not easy .