🌟 문둥이

Noun  

1. (낮잡아 이르는 말로) 나환자.

1. LEPER: (disparaging) A person who has leprosy.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 문둥이 수용소.
    The leopard camp.
  • 문둥이를 간호하다.
    Nursing a leper.
  • 문둥이를 격리하다.
    Isolate the leopard.
  • 문둥이를 치료하다.
    Treat the leopard.
  • 문둥이의 피부는 짓물러 있었고 손가락은 한두 개 떨어져 있었다.
    The leopard's skin was squashed and one or two fingers were separated.
  • 문둥이들은 병이 전염되는 것을 막기 위해 따로 마을을 이루고 살았다.
    The leper formed a separate village to prevent the disease from spreading.
  • 여자는 가족으로부터 버려진 채 살이 썩어 가는 문둥이를 지극 정성으로 보살폈다.
    The woman took care of the rotting leopard, abandoned from her family with utmost care.
  • 옛날에는 나병을 앓는 사람들이 많았나요?
    Were there many people with leprosy in the old days?
    응. 문둥이라고 해서 마을에서 쫓겨나는 경우도 있었어.
    Yeah. there were times when i was kicked out of town just because i was a leper.

2. (낮잡아 이르는 말로) 경상도 출신의 사람.

2. MUNDUNG-I: (disparaging) A term used to refer to a person from Gyeongsang-do, or Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 나는 경상도 문둥이라 아내에게 살가운 말을 잘 하지 못한다.
    I'm a gyeongsang-do leprechaun, so i'm not good at saying mean things to my wife.
  • 민준이는 같은 경상도 출신인 승규를 보면 반가워서 문둥이라 불렀다.
    Min-jun was glad to see seung-gyu from the same gyeongsang province and called him mun-dong.
  • 오랜만이네.
    Long time no see.
    이런 문둥이 자식. 그동안 연락도 없이 잘 지냈나?
    You leoner. how have you been without contact?

🗣️ Pronunciation, Application: 문둥이 (문둥이)

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