Korean

Alternative forms

• 이오지 (ioji) (obsolete)
• 이우지 (iuji) (obsolete)
• 이욷 (iut) (obsolete)
• 이웆 (iut) (obsolete)

Noun

이웃 • ‎(iut)

1. neighbor, neighborhood
   • 가까운 이웃이 먼 사촌보다 낫다.‎

     Gakkaun iusi meon sachonboda natda.

     Nearby neighbors are better than distant cousins.

Synonyms

• 근처 (近處, geuncheo)
• 인근 (隣近, in-geun)

Derived terms

• 이웃나라 (iunnara, “neighboring country”)
• 이웃마을 (iunma-eul, “neighboring village”)
• 이웃사촌 (iutsachon, “neighbor as nice as cousins”)
• 이웃집 (iutjip, “neighbor, next door”)
• 이웃하다 (iuthada, “to neighbor”)

Related terms

• 엮다 (yeokda, “to join, compile, weave”)
• 잇다 (itda, “to join, connect, inherit”)

See also

• 겨 (gyeo, “hull, husk”)
• 겨레 (gyeore, “countrymen”)
• 겨리 (gyeori, “plough drawn by two or more yoked draft animals”)
• 겹 (gyeop, “double, fold, layer, ply”)
• 곁 (gyeot, “side, next, neighborhood”)
• 녘 (nyeok, “the area around a corner, the time around an event”)
• 옆 (yeop, “side, next, neighborhood”)
• 켜 (kyeo, “layer, ply, wave”)