# 벗

| 벗 | U+BC97, &#48279; HANGUL SYLLABLE BEOS |
| Composition: | ㅂ + ㅓ + ㅅ |
| ← 벖 [U+BC96] | Hangul Syllables | 벘 → [U+BC98] |
버벅벆벇번벉벊 벋벌벍벎벏벐벑 벒벓범법벖벗벘 벙벚벛벜벝벞벟 :
| 뱨 ← | → 베 |

## Jeju
### Etymology

From Middle Korean 벋〯 (pět). Cognate with Korean 벗 (beot).

### Pronunciation

* (Morphophonemic) IPA: ⫽pəs⫽
* (Jeju City) IPA: [pət̚]
* Phonetic hangul: [벋]

### Noun

벗 (beot) (counter 멩)
* friend, companion
    Synonyms: 동모 (dongmo), 친구 (chin'gu)
    Antonym: 웬수 (wensu, “enemy”)
    벗을 사귀다 ― beos-eul sagwida ― to make friends
    난 언치냑 벗이영 바당이 걸어간 연걸릴락 ᄌᆞ미지게 헨.Nan eonchinyak beos-iyeong badang-i georeogan yeon'geollillak jawmijige hen.Last night, I walked to the beach with my friend, and we enjoyed playing kite-fighting.
** 2009, 제주 문화 예술 재단 [jeju munhwa yesul jaedan], “벗 [beot]”, in 개정 증보 제주어 사전 [gaejeong jeungbo jejueo sajeon]‎, 제주 특별 자치도 [jeju teukbyeol jachido], →ISBN, page 437:(속) 양식 싸지 말앙 벗을 멀리 두라.(Sok) yangsik ssaji marang beos-eul meolli dura.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2012 August 23, 문순덕 [munsundeok, Moon Soon-deok], 오승훈 [oseunghun, Oh Seung-hun], “IV. 관광 [IV. gwan'gwang, Travel and Tourism]”, in 원종섭 [wonjongseop, Won Jong-sup], transl., edited by (주)컴퍼스미디어 [(ju)keompeoseumidieo, Compass Media Ltd.], 제주어와 영어로 ᄀᆞᆮ는 제주 이야기: A Guide to Jeju Spoken in the Language of Jeju and English‎, 제주발전연구원 [jejubaljeonyeon'guwon]: 양영오 [yang'yeong'o, Yang Young-oh], →ISBN, archived from the original on 27 January 2023, 국립제주박물관: “ᄒᆞᆫ번 가 보구정 ᄒᆞ덴마씸” [gungnipjejubangmulgwan: “hawnbeon ga bogujeong hawdenmassim”], page 106:웨국에서 벗이 와신디 박물관에 ᄒᆞᆫ번 가 보구정 ᄒᆞ덴마씸.Wegug-eseo beos-i wasindi bangmulgwan-e hawnbeon ga bogujeong hawden-massim.I’ve got a friend from abroad who wants to visit museums.
** 2015 December, 고동호 [godongho], 송상조 [songsangjo], 오창명 [ochangmyeong], 문순덕 [munsundeok], 오승훈 [oseunghun], “5. 단어의 분류 [5. daneoui bullyu]”, in 제줏말의 이해 [jejunmarui ihae, Understanding Jeju] (overall work in Korean), 제주특별자치도 [jejuteukbyeoljachido]: 제주발전연구원 제주학연구센터 [jejubaljeonyeon'guwon jejuhagyeon'gusenteo], page 111:(22) ㄱ. 느네 벗ᄀᆞ라 일헤 도렝 ᄒᆞ라.(22) Giyeok. Neu-ne beot-gawra ilhe doreng hawra.(22) A. Tell your friend to (do) work (for me).
** 2017, 양창용 [yangchang'yong, Yang Changyong], 윌리암 오그레디 [william ogeuredi, William O'Grady], 양세종 [yangsejong, Yang Sejung], “1과 는 멧 ᄉᆞᆯ? [1gwa neun met sawl?, Chapter 1: How old are you?]”, in 제주어 1 [jejueo 1, Jeju 1]‎, 퍼플 [peopeul], →ISBN, page 5:나 벗은 미나고 집은 제주시우다.Na beos-eun mina-go jib-eun jejusi-uda.My friend is Mina, and she lives in Jeju City.
** 2017, 양창용 [yangchang'yong, Yang Changyong], 윌리암 오그레디 [william ogeuredi, William O'Grady], 양세종 [yangsejong, Yang Sejung], “9과 느 히어지는야? [9gwa neu hieojineunya?, Chapter 9: Can you swim?]”, in 제주어 1 [jejueo 1, Jeju 1], 퍼플 [peopeul], →ISBN, page 61:[​ᄀᆞᆯ아볼락 2] 벗덜안틔 무시거 ᄒᆞ여지는지 듣곡 답ᄒᆞ여봅서.[​Gawrabollak 2] Beot-deorantui musigeo hawyeojineunji deutgok daphawyeobopseo.[Speaking 2] Try asking your friends what they're able to do, and then answer (what you're able to do yourself).
** 2017 October 27, 양전형 [yangjeonhyeong], “벗 [Friend]”, in 제주어보전회 양전형의 제주어로 읽는 세상사 31 [jejueobojeonhoe - yangjeonhyeong'ui jejueoro ingneun sesangsa 31, Jeju Preservation Society]‎, archived from the original on October 21, 2021:벗은 제2의 나 ᄌᆞ신이다(아리스토텔레스), 벗 읏인 사름은 인생 반밖이 맛보지 못ᄒᆞᆫ 사름이고 결점이 읏인 벗을 ᄎᆞᆽ젱ᄒᆞ민 벗을 구하지 못ᄒᆞᆫ다(도이취 속담),…Beos-eun je-ir-ui na jawsin-ida(ariseutotelleseu), beot eudin sareum-eun insaeng ban-bakki matboji mothawn sareum-igo gyeoljeom-i eudin beo'seul chawtjenghawmin beos-eul guhaji mothawnda(doichwi sokdam),…A friend is our second self (Aristotle), without a friend a person can only taste half of life, and without flaws one can't find a friend when they look for one (Theodiscus proverb),…
** 2020, Changyong Yang, Sejung Yang, William O'Grady, Jejueo : the language of Korea’s Jeju Island, Honolulu, USA: University of Hawai‘i Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →JSTOR, page 215:가이네 벗덜은 그듸서 무시거 줏어고.Gai-ne beot-deor-eun geudui-seo musigeo juseogo.(Did you see) what their friends were gathering up there?

#### Derived terms

* 벗ᄒᆞ다 (beothawda, “to become friends; to be close”)

## Korean
### Etymology

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 벋〯 (Yale: pět). Cognate with Jeju 벗 (beot).

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [pɘ(ː)t̚]
* Phonetic hangul: [벋(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
* South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 벗의 / 벗에 / 벗까지Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

### Noun

벗 • (beot)
* (now literary) friend; companion
    Synonyms: (South Korea) 친구(親舊) (chin'gu), (North Korea) 동무 (dongmu), (literary) 붕우(朋友) (bung'u)
** after 1795, 李洙 (I Su) [Lee Soo] et al., chapter 1, in 重刊老乞大諺解 (Junggan Nogeoldae Eonhae) [Reprinted Nogeoldae, with Korean Interpretation]‎, volume 1, page 2:내 ᄒᆞᆫ 벗이 이셔 ᄯᅥ져시매 / 이러므로 길-ᄒᆡ 날호여 / 녜여 져ᄅᆞᆯ 기ᄃᆞ려 오노라 ᄒᆞ니 / 그러므로 오-미 더듸여라nay hon pes-i isye stecyesimay / ilemulwo kilh-oy nalhwoye / nyeyye cye-lol kitolye wonwola honi / kulemulwo wom-i tetuyyelaI had a friend who fell behind, so I walked slowly on the road to wait for him to catch up. This is why I was late.
** after 1795, 李洙 (I Su) [Lee Soo] et al., chapter 111, in 重刊老乞大諺解 (Junggan Nogeoldae Eonhae) [Reprinted Nogeoldae, with Korean Interpretation]‎, volume 2, page 137:네 져 漢(한)ㅅ 벗ney cye HAN-s pesYour Chinese companion over there