U+BE57, 빗
HANGUL SYLLABLE BIS
Composition: + +

[U+BE56]
Hangul Syllables
[U+BE58]
빅빆빇빉빊
빌빍빏빐빑
빒빓빕빖
빜빝빞빟
븨 ←→ 빠

Jeju

Etymology

Cognate with Korean (bit).

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽pis⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [pit̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bit
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bis
Yale Romanization?pis

Noun

(bit)

  1. light

References

  • ” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested as Late Old Korean in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사)[1], 1103. In the hangul script, first attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean  (Yale: pis).

Possibly an ancient pre-Sino-Korean borrowing from Old Chinese (OC *bis, “comb”).[1] The Sino-Korean reading is (, bi).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bit
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bis
McCune–Reischauer?pit
Yale Romanization?pis

Noun

• (bit)

  1. comb (toothed or serrated)
    소녀가 핑크색 으로 머리를 빗고 있습니다.
    Sonyeoga pingkeusaek biseuro meorireul bitgo itseumnida.
    A girl is combing her hair with a pink comb.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean  (Yale: pis).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bit
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bis
McCune–Reischauer?pit
Yale Romanization?pis

Prefix

• (bit)

  1. A prefix that adds the meaning of slope (in front of some verbs).
    대다.Bitdaeda.to allude to
  2. A prefix that adds the meaning of wrong to some verbs.
    나가다.Binnagada.to miss, go wide
  3. A prefix that adds the meaning of slope ( in front of some nouns).
    bitgeumoblique line

References

  1. ^ Nathan W. Hill (2019) The Historical Phonology of Tibetan, Burmese, and Chinese, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 185—186