구들

Jeju

Etymology

Of native Jeju origin.

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽kutɨl⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [kudɨɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gudeul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gudeul
Yale Romanization?kwutul

Noun

구들 (gudeul)

  1. room

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Beonyeok Bak Tongsa (飜譯朴通事 / 번역박통사), before 1517, as Middle Korean 구듫 (Yale: kwuturh).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gudeul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gudeul
McCune–Reischauer?kudŭl
Yale Romanization?kwutul

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 의 / 구에 / 구들

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.

Noun

구들 • (gudeul)

  1. ondol; especially, the wide stone structure installed under the floor in ondol architecture
  2. room with ondol

Synonyms

Derived terms

room
  • 구들고래 (gudeulgorae)
  • 구들비 (gudeulbi)
  • 흙구들 (heulgudeul)