-꺼지

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Korean ᄭᆞ자ᇰ〮 (Yale: skòcáng). Related to standard Korean 까지 (kkaji).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?kkeoji
Revised Romanization (translit.)?kkeoji
McCune–Reischauer?kkŏji
Yale Romanization?kkeci

Particle

꺼지 (-kkeoji)

  1. (Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Seoul, Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, Hwanghae) Alternative form of 까지 (-kkaji, until, by)
    • 2021 March 25, 엄택규 [eomtaekgyu], “큰 나무같던 아버지 그립습니다 [keun namugatdeon abeoji geuripseumnida]”, in 나의 살던 고향은 [naui saldeon gohyang'eun]‎, 강원도 고성군 수동면 [gang'wondo goseonggun sudongmyeon]:
      요기 고향꺼지 간담 걸리.
      Yogi-seo gohyangkkeoji-neun cha-ru gandam myeot bun-do an geolli-ji.
      From here until my hometown if you went by car it wouldn barely take a few minutes.
    • The speaker's hometown is a part of Gangwon-do that was cleared of its residents after the Korean war due to being located within the DMZ. As he moved to a neighboring township, it is likely that the dialects of both areas is near identical.