Korean edit

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jauk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jaug
McCune–Reischauer?chauk
Yale Romanization?cawuk

Etymology 1 edit

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 자곡 (Yale: càkwòk).

This form can be explained with the medial -k- leniting into -G- and then disappearing. However, such a form is not attested in the Middle Korean corpus.

Noun edit

자욱 (jauk)

  1. (proscribed, sometimes literary or poetic) Alternative form of 자국 (jaguk)
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Root edit

자욱 (jauk)

  1. Root of 자욱하다 (jaukhada). Rarely used alone.