Part of an ancient /it/ root meaning "two", which was already largely extinct by fifteenth-century Middle Korean; cf. 이틀 (iteul, “two days”), 이듬 (ideum, “two years of age”), 이듭 (ideup, “second plowing of the fields”), 이태 (itae, “two agricultural years”).
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Revised Romanization? | it |
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Revised Romanization (translit.)? | it |
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McCune–Reischauer? | it |
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Yale Romanization? | ith |
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잍 • (it)
- (Yukjin) two (agricultural) years
- Synonym: (Standard Korean, archaic) 이태 (itae)
- 곽충구 [Kwak Chung-gu] (2019) 두만강 유역의 조선어 방언 사전 [duman'gang yuyeogui joseoneo bang'eon sajeon, Dictionary of Korean Dialects of the Tumen River Area], volume II, Taehaksa, →ISBN, page 2832