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Korean
Etymology
The sense of "sticky" could be an extension of the meaning of the future determiner form of 차다 (chada, “to attach, to put on”).[1]
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | chal |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | chal |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | ch'al |
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| Yale Romanization? | chal |
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Prefix
찰 • (chal-)
- Attached to certain nouns to denote “sticky”, “glutinous”, “gluey”, etc.
- Attached to certain nouns to denote “extreme”, “severe”, “excessive”, etc.
Derived terms
- 찰가난 (chalganan)
- 찰깍쟁이 (chalkkakjaeng'i)
- 찰담쟁이 (chaldamjaeng'i)
- 찰떡 (chaltteok)
- 찰밥 (chalbap)
- 찰벼 (chalbyeo)
- 찰수수 (chalsusu)
- 찰흙 (chalheuk)
References
- ^ A Korean-English dictionary, Martin, Samuel E., Lee, Yang Ha, Chang, Sung-Un. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1967.