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U+AC8C, 게
HANGUL SYLLABLE GE
Composition: +

Hangul Syllables




거 ←→ 겨
See also: -게

(see here for particles and suffixes)

Korean

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ge
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ge
McCune–Reischauer?ke
Yale Romanization?key

Dependent noun

(ge)

  1. (colloquial) Contraction of (geo-i); nominative of (geo)
    Synonym: (formal) (geos-i)
    ?Geu-ge mwo-ya?What's that?
    공부하는 싫대.Gongbu-haneun ge siltae.He says he doesn't like studying.
Usage notes
  • Expected (geo-ga) is not common.

Etymology 2

First attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean 게〯 (Yale: kěy).

Middle Korean rising pitch implies an earlier bisyllabic form; Japanese (kani) is a possible parallel.

Consider also Pyongan Korean 궝이 (gwong'i, crab) and Jeju 깅이 (ging'i, crab), although both could be secondary developments because Koreanic varieties sometimes insert /ŋ/ to break hiatus between vowels.

Pronunciation

(ge, crab)
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ge
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ge
McCune–Reischauer?ke
Yale Romanization?kēy

Noun

(ge)

  1. crab
Usage notes
  • In contemporary Seoul pronunciation, this word is homophonous with (gae, dog). Speakers may resort to circumlocutions in ambiguous situations, e.g. 멍멍 (meongmeong gae, dog that goes meong-meong), 따각따각 (ttagakttagak ge, crab that goes ttagak-ttagak), or '꽃게' (kkotge hal ttae ge, 'crab' as in 'horse crab').
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Middle Korean 그ᅌᅦ (Yale: ku.ngey), contraction of 그ᅌᅥ긔 (Yale: ku.ngekuy).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ge
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ge
McCune–Reischauer?ke
Yale Romanization?key

Pronoun

(ge)

  1. (archaic) Contraction of 거기 (geogi, there).
    누구 느냐?Ge nugu in-neunya?Is someone there?/Who's there?

Etymology 4

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

(ge)

References