바투

Korean

Etymology

Likely from Middle Korean 밭 (pàth-, “to be close, tight”) +‎ 우 (-wu, “adverbializer”), but not attested in the Middle Korean corpus. Compare 자주 (jaju), 너무 (neomu), 모두 (modu), et cetera.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠tʰu]
Phonetic hangul: [바투]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	batu
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	batu
McCune–Reischauer^?	pat'u
Yale Romanization^?	pa.thwu

Adverb

바투 • (batu)

(of distance) closely, tightly
(of time or length) shortly, abruptly

Related terms

밭다 (batda, “to be close, tight”)