도ᄉᆞ

Jeju

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 島 (“island”) + 司 (“official”). Cognate to Korean 도사 (dosa)

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽tosɒ⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [tosʰɒ]
• Phonetic hangul: [도ᄉᆞ]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	dosaw
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	dosaw
Yale Romanization?	twoso

Noun

도ᄉᆞ (dosaw)

1. (historical) In Korea under Japanese rule (1910–1945), a colonial administrator in charge of large islands

References

• 제주 문화 예술 재단 [jeju munhwa yesul jaedan] (2009) 개정 증보 제주어 사전 [gaejeong jeungbo jejueo sajeon]‎^[1], 제주 특별 자치도 [jeju teukbyeol jachido], →ISBN, page 251