이틀

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Jeju

Etymology

Jeju numbers (edit)
[a], [b], [c] ←  1 2 3  → [a], [b], [c], [d]
    Native isol.: 둘 (dul)
    Native attr.: 두 (du)
    Sino: 이 (i)
    Ordinal: 둘체 (dulche)
    Number of days: 이틀 (iteul)

From Middle Korean 이틀〮 (ìthúl), from Proto-Koreanic *it (“two?”) + *hoL (“day”). Cognate with Korean 이틀 (iteul).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?iteul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?iteul
Yale Romanization?ithul

Noun

이틀 (iteul)

  1. two days

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 이틀〮 (Yale: ìthúl), from Proto-Koreanic *it (“two?”) + *hoL (“day”). The numerical root survives in other words such as 이듬 (ideum, “second plowing of the fields”), 이듬해 (ideumhae, “next year”), 이듭 (ideup, “two years of age (of an animal)”). Cognate with Jeju 이틀 (iteul).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?iteul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?iteul
McCune–Reischauer?it'ŭl
Yale Romanization?i.thul

Noun

이틀 • (iteul)

  1. two days
  2. (rare) the second day of the month

See also

Korean words for the number of days
one day two days three days four days five days six days seven days eight days nine days ten days fifteen days
하루 (haru) 이틀 (iteul) 사흘 (saheul) 나흘 (naheul) 닷새 (datsae) 엿새 (yeotsae) 이레 (ire) 여드레 (yeodeure) 아흐레 (aheure) 열흘 (yeolheul) 보름 (boreum)
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