가지
Korean
editEtymology 1
editFirst attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 가지〮 (Yale: kàcí), from Old Korean 種叱 (*KAc).
Pronunciation
edit- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ka̠d͡ʑi]
Audio: (file)
- Phonetic hangul: [가지]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | gaji |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gaji |
McCune–Reischauer? | kaji |
Yale Romanization? | kaci |
- South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 가지의 / 가지에 / 가지까지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on both syllables, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.
Dependent noun
edit가지 • (gaji)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFirst attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 가〮지 (Yale: kácì). From Old Korean 枝次 (*KAci).
Originally a suffixed form of Middle Korean 갖〮 (kác, “id.”), which was already uncommon by the 15th century.
Pronunciation
edit- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ka̠d͡ʑi]
Audio: (file)
- Phonetic hangul: [가지]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | gaji |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gaji |
McCune–Reischauer? | kaji |
Yale Romanization? | kaci |
- South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 가지의 / 가지에 / 가지까지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on both syllables, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.
Noun
edit가지 • (gaji)
- (also figuratively) twig or branch
- (nativising coinage) Synonym of 접사(接辭) (jeopsa, “(linguistics) affix”)
Derived terms
editEtymology 3
editFirst attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 가지 (Yale: kàcì).
Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 가자 (茄子, gaja), ultimately from Middle Chinese 茄子 (MC gja|kae tsiX).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ka̠d͡ʑi]
Audio: (file)
- Phonetic hangul: [가지]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | gaji |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gaji |
McCune–Reischauer? | kaji |
Yale Romanization? | kaci |
- South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 가지의 / 가지에 / 가지까지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.
Noun
edit가지 • (gaji)
Derived terms
edit- 가지색 (gajisaek)
Etymology 4
editSino-Korean word from 可知.
Pronunciation
edit- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈka̠(ː)d͡ʑi]
Audio: (file)
- Phonetic hangul: [가(ː)지]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | gaji |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gaji |
McCune–Reischauer? | kaji |
Yale Romanization? | kāci |
Noun
editSee also
edit- 불문가지(不問可知) (bulmun'gaji)
Etymology 5
editVerb
edit가지 • (gaji)
- suspective of 가다 (gada, “to go”)
References
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- Korean non-lemma forms
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- ko:Solanums
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