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HANGUL SYLLABLE MIT
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믿


믜 ←→ 바

Korean edit

Etymology edit

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean  (Yale: mìth).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?mit
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mit
McCune–Reischauer?mit
Yale Romanization?mith
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 의 / 에 / 밑

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.

Noun edit

(mit)

  1. bottom, underneath; the lower/bottom part (of an object)
    Synonym: 아래 (arae)
    침대 봤어?Chimdae mit-eun bwasseo?Did you check under the bed?
  2. (in the form 에서 (mit-eseo)) under the care, instruction, or guidance of []
    Synonym: 아래 (arae)
    할머니 에서 자라다
    halmeoni mit-eseo jarada
    to be raised by one's grandmother
    교수 에서 배우다
    gyosu mit-eseo bae'uda
    to learn under a professor
    상사 에서 일하다
    sangsa mit-eseo ilhada
    to work for/under a boss
  3. below (in rank, age, position, etc.)
    Synonym: 아래 (arae)
    보다 나이 한참 이다.Geu-neun na-boda nai-ga hancham mich-ida.He is way younger than me.
  4. (mathematics) base of a logarithm
    Synonym: 저(底) (jeo)

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Middle Korean edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(mìth) (isolated 믿 (mìt), locative 미틔〮 (mìth-úy))

  1. basis, foundation (in general)
    • 1459, 月印釋譜 / 월인석보 [Worin seokbo], page 12:34a:
      모〮미〮 (또ᇢ〯)미티〮라〮 미티〮 올〯면〮 (또ᇢ〯)ㅣ 올〯릴ᄊᆡ〮
      mwóm-í TTWǑW-s mìth-ílá mìth-í wǒlmyén TTWǑW-y wǒllìls-só-y
      As the body is the basis of enlightenment, if this “basis” is proper, so will its enlightenment.
  2. bottom, underneath
    • 1447, 釋譜詳節 / 석보상절 [Seokbo sangjeol], page 6:28a-b:
      그ᄢᅴ〮 (샹〮)(링〮)(부ᇙ〮)이〮 ᄒᆞᆫ 나모 미틔〮 안자〮 []
      kùpskúy SYÁ.LÍ.PWÚLQ-í hòn nàmwò mìth-úy àncá
      Then, Śāriputra sat down under this one tree []
      (literally, “Then, Śāriputra sat down at the bottom of this one tree [] ”)

Descendants edit

  • Korean: (mit)