거리

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽kəli⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [kəɾi]
• Phonetic hangul: [거리]

Compare Mongolian гэр (ger).

거리 (geori)

1. house

   Synonym: 채 (chae)

Sino-Korean word from 距離 (“distance”).

거리 (geori)

1. distance

Cognate with Korean 거리 (geori).

거리 (geori)

1. street

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 거리〮 (Yale: kèlí).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kʌ̹ɾi]
• Phonetic hangul: [거리]

거리 • (geori)

1. road, street
2. (shamanism) a component ceremony of a gut ritual

   서울굿은 열두거리가 있다. ― Seoulgus-eun yeoldugeori-ga itda. ― There are twelve components to a Seoul gut.

Of native Korean origin.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kʌ̹ɾi]
• Phonetic hangul: [거리]

거리 • (geori)

1. something suitable or fitting for a purpose (often written without a space, as if it were a suffix)

   논문거리

   nonmun-geori

   sources for a research paper

   먹을거리

   meogeul-geori

   foodstuff

2. something suitable for a stated duration or a stated number

   세 사람 거리의 일 ― se saram geori-ui il ― three people's worth of work

Sino-Korean word from 距離 (“distance”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈkɘ(ː)ɾi]
• Phonetic hangul: [거(ː)리]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 거리의 / 거리에 / 거리까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, and also heightens the subsequent suffixed syllable.

거리 • (geori) (hanja 距離)

1. distance, range

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /kə̀.lí/

거리〮 (kèlí) (locative 거리〮예〮)

1. intersection, crossroads
   • 1459, 월인석보 [worinseokbo], volume 12, translation of original in Literary Chinese, pages 8b-9a:

     여듧 거릿 길헤 黃金(화ᇰ금)으로 노ᄒᆞᆯ ᄭᅩ아 그 ᄀᆞᅀᅢ 느리고

     Yetulp keli-s kilh-ey HWANG.KUM-ulwo nwoh-ol skwo-a ku koz-ay nuli-kwo

     [original: 有八交道,黃金為繩以界其側。]

     Twisting a rope made of gold and drooping it on the side of the eight-way intersection roads,

2. street
   • 1517, 번역노걸대상 [beonyeongnogeoldaesang], translation of original in Chinese, page 17a:

     거릿 븍녀긔 잇ᄂᆞᆫ 뎜은 이 내 녯 쥬ᅀᅵᆫ 지비니.

     Keli-s puknyek-uy is-non tyem-un i nay nyeys cywuzin cip-i-ni.

     [original: 街北這箇店子, 是我舊主人家]

     The inn on the North side of the street is my old master's house.

• Korean: 거리 (geori)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /kə̀.lí/

거리〮 (kèlí)

1. residue, solid ingredients (in a soup)
   • '1485, 내훈 [naehun], volume 1, translation of original in Literary Chinese, page 3b:

     기자ᇰ바ᄇᆞᆯ 머구ᄃᆡ 져로 말며, 羹(ᄀᆡᇰ)ㅅ 거리ᄅᆞᆯ 후려 먹디 말며, 羹(ᄀᆡᇰ)을 沙鉢(사발)애셔 고텨 마초디 말며,

     Kicangpap-ol mek-wutoy cye-lwo mal-mye, KOYNG-s keli-lol hwuly-e mek-ti mal-mye, KOYNG-ul SA.PAL-aysye kwothy-e machwo-ti mal-mye,

     [original: 飯黍호ᄃᆡ 毋以箸ᄒᆞ며 毋嚃羹ᄒᆞ며 毋絮羹ᄒᆞ며]

     When eating cooked millet, do not use chopsticks, do not gobble down the solid ingredients in a soup, do not adjust the seasoning of the soup in your bowl,