First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 소ᇇ가락 (Yale: swòn-s-kàlàk).
손 (son, “hand”) + ㅅ (-s-, genitive interfix; omitted from the spelling, but this causes the tense phonation of the following consonant) + 가락 (garak, “strand”)
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | son'garak |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | songalag |
| McCune–Reischauer? | sonkarak |
| Yale Romanization? | sonqkalak |
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on the second syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.
손가락 • (son'garak)