제비

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 져〯비 (Yale: cyěpì).

Compare also Evenki чипича (çipiça, “small bird”) and Manchu ᠴᡳᠪᡳᠨ (cibin, “swallow”).

Pronunciation

  • (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?jebi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jebi
McCune–Reischauer?chebi
Yale Romanization?cēypi
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 제비의 / 제비에 / 제비까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, and also heightens the subsequent suffixed syllable.

Noun

제비 • (jebi)

  1. swallow (bird)
  2. In particular, the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica).

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