헤우다

Korean

Etymology

Related to the standard Korean word.

Verb

헤우다 • (he'uda) (infinitive 헤워, sequential 헤우니)

1. Gyeongsang, Pyongan, and Hamgyong form of 헹구다 (hengguda, “to rinse away, wash”)
   • 2022, 중고차는 유미카 [junggochaneun yumika], “북한사투리 힘드셨죠? 김춘실할머니 이야기 우리말자막버전입니다 [bukhansaturi himdeusyeotjo? gimchunsilhalmeoni iyagi urimaljamakbeojeonimnida]”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], 함경북도 경성군 주을읍 [hamgyeongbukdo gyeongseonggun jueureup]:

     다 벗구서리... 그런 개천 무슨 물이 있습게다 큰 함지에 대충 헤우구...

     Da beotguseori... Geureon gaecheon museun mur-i it-seupgeda keun hamji-e daechung he'u-gu...

     We took it all off.. then at some stream we washed it with a big wooden bowl.

     • As the speaker had been living in Hyesan (Yanggang province) for quite some time past her childhood, her Korean seems influenced by more southern varieties of Hamgyong Korean. This is clear by her use of 지비 (-jibi) throughout the interview, which traditionally wasn't used in northern-Hamgyong speaking areas.