Jeju edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Koreanic *katoL (something forked or split from each other).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

가달 (gadal)

  1. leg

Korean edit

Etymology edit

This word is part of a family of related terms with a core meaning of "split". The ancestral root form appears to have been *가ᄃᆞ *kato- or similar, with some forms undergoing intervocalic lenition and some not. Related forms include 갈래 (gallae, strand, fork, division), 가달 (gadal, something split from each other), 가닥 (gadak, strand, long thin object), and 가르다 (gareuda, to split, to sort out).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gadal
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gadal
McCune–Reischauer?kadal
Yale Romanization?katal

Noun edit

가달 (gadal)

  1. a very ferocious person
  2. (originally Hamgyong, now North Korea) anything split from each other
  3. (Gangwon) branch

Synonyms edit

  • (branch): (standard Korean) 가닥 (gadak)