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First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean그력 (Yale: kùlyèk). Subsequently passed through the forms 그려기(geuryeogi) and 기려기(giryeogi). Equivalent to 기럭(gireok) + 이(-i, noun suffix), the unsuffixed form surviving in the vocative.
