벨 걸음 ᄒᆞ당 본 걸음 일른다

Jeju

Etymology

Literally, "Taking a different path will cause you to lose your own."

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽pel kəlɨm hɒtaŋ pon kəlɨm illɨnta⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [peɭ kəɾɨm hɒda̠ŋ pon kəɾɨm iɭɭɨnda̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [벨 거름 ᄒᆞ당 본 거름 일른다]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bel georeum hawdang bon georeum illeunda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bel geol'eum hawdang bon geol'eum illeunda
Yale Romanization?	peyl kel.um hotang pwon kel.um illunta

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Proverb

벨 걸음 ᄒᆞ당 본 걸음 일른다. (Bel georeum hawdang bon georeum illeunda.)

1. Always following someone else will cause you to lose yourself. One should not mimic others.

References

• “벨 걸음 ᄒᆞ당(단) 본 걸음 일른다. [bel georeum hawdang(dan) bon georeum illeunda.]”, in 제주방언 속담사전 문화/역사 [jejubang'eon sokdamsajeon - munhwa/yeoksa, Jeju Proverb Dictionary - Culture/History]‎^[1] (in Korean), 제주특별자치도 [jejuteukbyeoljachido], 2019
• 고재환 [gojaehwan] (2013), “벨걸음 ᄒᆞ당 본걸음 일른다”, in 제주 속담 사전 (in Korean), 2nd revision edition, 민속원, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 277