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Jeju
Etymology
Cognate with Korean 저 ( jeo ) .
Pronunciation
Pronoun
저 (jeo )
( determiner ) that
See also
그 ( geu , “ that ” )
이 ( i , “ this ” )
Korean
Etymology 1
First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가 ), 1447, as Middle Korean 뎌〮 (Yale : tyé ).
From Old Korean 彼 ( *TYE ) .
Pronunciation
Romanizations Revised Romanization? jeo Revised Romanization (translit.)? jeo McCune–Reischauer? chŏ Yale Romanization? ce
Determiner
저 • (jeo )
that ( distal determiner )
Synonym: 조 ( jo , “ that ” , diminutive )
Coordinate terms: ( proximal ) 이 ( i , “ this ” ) , ( mesial ) 그 ( geu , “ that ” )
저기 저 나무 를 봐 봐 . ― Jeogi jeo namu-reul bwa bwa. ― Take a look at that tree over there.
Pronoun
저 • (jeo )
that , that thing
Synonym: 저것 ( jeogeot , “ that thing ” )
Derived terms
저들 ( jeodeul , “ they/them (over there) ” )
See also
Etymology 2
First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절 ), 1447, as Middle Korean 저 (Yale : cè ), originally a reflexive pronoun ("my/your/it/him/herself").
Pronunciation
Romanizations Revised Romanization? jeo Revised Romanization (translit.)? jeo McCune–Reischauer? chŏ Yale Romanization? ce
Pronoun
저 • (jeo )
( humble ) I , me ; the first-person singular polite pronoun
Synonym: ( non-humble ) 나 ( na , “ I, me ” )
어제 , 저 는 기차 를 탔습니다 . ― Eoje, jeo -neun gicha-reul tatseumnida. ― Yesterday, I took a train.
제 ( je ) — allomorph before 가 ( -ga , nominative case marker )
Derived terms
Etymology 3
First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사 ), 1103, as Late Old Korean 折 .
In the Hangul script, first attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해 ), 1466, as Middle Korean 져〮 (Yale : cyé ). The hanja form is from a conflation with 箸 ( jeo , “ chopsticks ” ) , which happens to be a perfect—albeit etymologically unrelated—semantic and phonetic match. The spelling is unetymological as the two were not historically the same: the character was read as 뎌〯 ( tyě ) in Middle Korean, whereas the word was 져〮 ( cyé ) in Middle Korean. Also compare dialectal 절 ( jeol ) .
Pronunciation
Romanizations Revised Romanization? jeo Revised Romanization (translit.)? jeo McCune–Reischauer? chŏ Yale Romanization? ce
Noun
저 • (jeo ) (hanja 箸 )
( dated or in compounds) chopstick (s)
Synonym: 젓가락 ( jeotgarak )
Derived terms
나무저 ( namujeo ) 대저 ( daejeo ) 부저 ( bujeo ) 상아저 ( sang'ajeo ) 소독저 ( sodokjeo ) 수저 ( sujeo ) 위생저 ( wisaengjeo ) 저통 ( jeotong ) 젓가락 ( jeotgarak ) 죽저 ( jukjeo )
Etymology 4
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? jeo Revised Romanization (translit.)? jeo McCune–Reischauer? chŏ Yale Romanization? cē
Interjection
저 • (jeo )
um ..., uh ... ( conveys hesitation or a pause in speech )
Etymology 5
Sino-Korean word from 著 .
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? jeo Revised Romanization (translit.)? jeo McCune–Reischauer? chŏ Yale Romanization? cē
Noun
저 • (jeo ) (hanja 著 )
written by ... ( written after the author's name )
이상 저 ― I Sang jeo ― by Yi Sang
Derived terms
Etymology 6
Sino-Korean word from 底 .
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? jeo Revised Romanization (translit.)? jeo McCune–Reischauer? chŏ Yale Romanization? cē
Noun
저 • (jeo ) (hanja 底 )
( mathematics ) base of a logarithm
Synonym: 밑 ( mit )
Derived terms
Etymology 7
First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절 ), 1447, as Middle Korean 뎧 (Yale : tyèh ).
Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 적 (笛 , jeok ), of which this is a doublet . Displaced by Korean 피리 ( piri ) , a borrowing from Early Mandarin.
Pronunciation
Romanizations Revised Romanization? jeo Revised Romanization (translit.)? jeo McCune–Reischauer? chŏ Yale Romanization? ce
Noun
저 • (jeo )
( music , archaic ) flute ; pipe
Etymology 8
Sino-Korean word from 低 .
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? jeo Revised Romanization (translit.)? jeo McCune–Reischauer? chŏ Yale Romanization? cē
Prefix
저— • (jeo- ) (hanja 低 )
low
Antonym: 고(高) ( go- , “ high ” )
저(低) ( jeo- ) + 소득(所得) ( sodeuk , “ income ” ) → 저소득(低所得) ( jeosodeuk , “ low -income” )
Derived terms
Etymology 9
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
Syllable
저 (jeo)
More information
著 : (MC reading : 著 (MC drjo| trjoX| trjoH| trjak| drjak ))
貯 : (MC reading : 貯 (MC trjoX ))
低 : (MC reading : 低 (MC tej ))
底 : (MC reading : 底 (MC tejX ))
抵 : (MC reading : 抵 (MC tejX ))
沮 : (MC reading : 沮 (MC tshjo| tsjo| tsrjo| dzjoX| tsjoH ))
邸 : (MC reading : 邸 (MC tejX ))
猪 : (MC reading : 猪 (MC trjo ))
姐 : (MC reading : 姐 (MC tsjaeX ))
箸 : (MC reading : 箸 (MC trjoH| drjoH ))
References
^ 조항범 (Cho Hang-bum) (2019 ) “조항범 교수의 어원 이야기: 수저 [johangbeom gyosuui eowon iyagi: sujeo ]”, in Munhwa ilbo