이웃

Korean

Alternative forms

• 이오지 (ioji), 이우지 (iuji) (obsolete Early Modern forms)
• 이욷 (iut), 이웆 (iut) (obsolete Early Modern spellings)

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 이웆〮 (Yale: ìwúc), from pre-Middle Korean *ìpúc. Compare Gyeongsang Middle Korean 이븟 (Yale: ipus), whence modern Jeolla Korean 이붓 (ibut), and Goguryeo *伊伐支 (*iboc), which appears in place name glosses of the Samguk Sagi.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [iut̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [이욷]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	iut
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ius
McCune–Reischauer?	iut
Yale Romanization?	iwus

Noun

이웃 • (iut)

1. neighbor (a person who lives nearby)

   가까운 이웃이 먼 사촌보다 낫다.

   Gakkaun ius-i meon sachonboda natda.

   Nearby neighbors are better than distant cousins.

2. (less common) vicinity

   Synonyms: 근처(近處) (geuncheo), 인근(隣近) (in'geun)

   그는 공원 이웃에 산다.

   Geu-neun gong'won ius-e sanda.

   He lives in the vicinity of the park.

3. (chiefly attributive) neighborhood, neighbouring

   Synonyms: 근처(近處) (geuncheo), 인근(隣近) (in'geun)

   이웃 학교를 방문하다

   iut hakgyo-reul bangmunhada

   to visit a neighbouring school

Derived terms

• 이웃나라 (iunnara, “neighboring country”)
• 이웃사촌 (iutsachon, “neighbor as nice as cousins”)
• 이웃집 (iutjip, “neighbor, next door”)
• 이웃하다 (iuthada, “to neighbor”)

 

See also

• 곁 (gyeot)
• 녘 (nyeok)
• 옆 (yeop)
• 隣 (in), the hanja for "neighbour"