대가리
Korean edit
Etymology edit
First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄃᆡ골 (Yale: tòykwòl). The noun suffix 이 (-i) was later attached.
The word is generally considered a compound, but the etymology is not fully clear. The second component is probably 골 (gol, “brain”). For the first element, compare Jeju 데멩이 (demeng'i, “head”), Jeolla dialect 대망 (daemang, “forehead”), and beyond Korean, Chinese 頭 (MC duw, “head”), Proto-Mongolic *teriün (“head”).
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [tɛɡa̠ɾi] ~ [te̞ɡa̠ɾi]
- Phonetic hangul: [대가리/데가리]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | daegari |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | daegali |
McCune–Reischauer? | taegari |
Yale Romanization? | taykali |
- South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 대가리의 / 대가리에 / 대가리까지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on the second syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.
Noun edit
대가리 • (daegari)
- (colloquial) head of an animal
- Hypernym: 머리 (meori, “head”)
- (vulgar, derogatory) head of a person
- (slang) boss
- 학교 대가리 ― hakgyo daegari ― school boss (usually a delinquent student good at physical fights who is influential among the student body)
Derived terms edit
Suffix edit
—대가리 • (-daegari)