알까기

Korean

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠ɭk͈a̠ɡi]
• Phonetic hangul: [알까기]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	alkkagi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	alkkagi
McCune–Reischauer?	alkkagi
Yale Romanization?	al.kkaki

Noun

알까기 • (alkkagi)

1. hatching

Synonyms

• 부화 (孵化, buhwa): hatching, incubation
• 난생 (卵生, nansaeng): oviparity, oviparous birth

Antonyms

• 태생 (胎生, taesaeng): viviparity, viviparous birth

Related terms

• 알 (al): egg
• 낳다 (nata): to breed, lay (eggs)
• 품다 (pumda): to embrace, incubate
• 까다 (kkada): to shell, castrate, hatch
• 깨다 (kkaeda): to break, crack, awake, hatch

See also

• 난생신화 (卵生神話, nansaengsinhwa): oviparous myth (such that the founder of a dynasty hatched out of an egg, perhaps simply serving as a metaphor for the beginning of a new nation.)

Etymology 2

알까기

Noun

알까기 • (alkkagi)

1. (board games) A korean board game in which the opponent's eggs are sent out by bouncing a go stone or a janggi horse with a finger.