가물치
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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 가모〮티 (Yale: kàmwóthì).
Possibly from 가물다 (gamulda, “to be blighted with drought”) or 감다 (gamda, “to be black”) + —치 (-chi), a suffix often found in fish names.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
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- Phonetic hangul:
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | gamulchi |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gamulchi |
| McCune–Reischauer? | kamulch'i |
| Yale Romanization? | kamulchi |
- South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 가물치의 / 가물치에 / 가물치까지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on the first syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.
Noun
가물치 • (gamulchi)
- northern snakehead (Channa argus).
- (North Korea) a fish caught during a drought, when the water is low
References
- National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 22 (last accessed)) “가물치 [gamulchi]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]
- 김, 익수 with 박종영 (2002) “가물치 [gamulchi]”, in 한국의 민물고기 [han'gugui minmulgogi], Seoul: Kyo-Hak Publishing, →ISBN, page 407