Korean

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Etymology

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See 비슷하다 (biseuthada). Unlike the standard Korean term, this form has preserved the final consonant of the middle and early modern Korean word.

Adjective

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비슥하다 (biseukhada) (infinitive 비슥해 or 비슥하여, sequential 비슥하니)

  1. (Gangwon, Seoul, Northern Jeolla dialect, Northern Chungcheong, Pyongan, Hamgyong, Hwanghae) Dialectal form of 비슷하다 (biseuthada, to be similar)
    • 1979 May 13, 김용규 [gimyonggyu], “기름 강아지로 호랑이 잡는 얘기 [gireum gang'ajiro horang'i jamneun yaegi]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎[1], 황해도 장연군 [hwanghaedo jang'yeon'gun]:
      지금 불타산 아래 인지 얼마 내려 오다가서 비슥하니...
      Geu jigeum-du geu bultasan arae-seo inji eolma naeryeo odagaseo geu biseukhani...
      Now if you go down Bultasan and come then it is similar...