가웃

Jeju

Alternative forms

• 가옷 (gaot)

Etymology

From Middle Korean 가옷 (ka.wos). Cognate to Korean 가웃 (gaut)

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽kaus⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [ka̠ut̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [가욷]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gaut
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gaus
Yale Romanization?	kawus

Noun

가웃 (gaut)

1. half

   Synonyms: 반착 (banchak), 가슴 (gaseum)

References

• “가웃” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.
• 제주 문화 예술 재단 (2009) “가웃”, in 개정 증보 제주어 사전‎^[1], 제주 특별 자치도, →ISBN, page 30

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠ut̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [가욷]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gaut
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gaus
McCune–Reischauer?	kaut
Yale Romanization?	kawus

Noun

가웃 • (gaut)

1. half

Derived terms

• 나절가웃 (najeolgaut)
• 되가웃 (doegaut)
• 말가웃 (malgaut)
• 자가웃 (jagaut)

 

See also

• 半(반) (ban, the hanja for "half")
• 가운데 (gaunde, “middle”)