디대

Etymology 1
Probably a dialectal borrowing into North Korea's Seoul-based standard.

Plausibly a Sino-Korean word in the local, which preserves the Sino-Korean reading rather than palatalizing it to. The compound, Seoul reading , is indeed attested in the early twentieth century with the reading.

Alternatively, perhaps connected to the native verb. Compare.

Noun

 * 1)  stairs, staircase

Etymology 2
Unclear, may be related to the definition mentioned above. As it is only attested by North Korean defectors from the southern city of, it is likely a very local term. The word is often attached if not referring to the region.

Noun

 * 1)  a northerner, especially a local of the historical Pyongan and Hamgyong regions.
 * 2)  what is historically the regions of Pyongan and Hamgyeong in North Korea (Regions north of Kaesong).