갈래

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin cheon'gangjigok (月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡), 1449, as Middle Korean 가ᄅᆞ〮 (Yale: kàló(l)).

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 가락 (garak, “spindle, strand”), 가달 (gadal, “something split from each other”), 가닥 (gadak, “strand, long thin object”), and 가르다 (gareuda, “to split, to sort out”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠ɭɭɛ] ~ [ka̠ɭɭe̞]
Phonetic hangul: [갈래/갈레]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	gallae
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	gallae
McCune–Reischauer^?	kallae
Yale Romanization^?	kallay

Noun

갈래 • (gallae)

division, separation, split, strand, thread, fork

Synonyms

가닥 (gadak): strand, thread
가락 (garak): stick, long slender object
갈기 (galgi): mane, thread
갈피 (galpi): page, layer, thread

Antonyms

덩어리 (deong'eori, “lump, mass”)

Derived terms

갈래길 (gallaegil, “forked road”)

Related terms

가래 (garae): share
칼 (kal): knife, sword
가르다 (gareuda): to divide, split, cut
갈라지다 (gallajida): to become divided, split
갈리다 (gallida): to be divided, split

갈래

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