허벅지
Korean edit
Etymology edit
From Jurchen, related to Manchu ᡥᡝᡶᡝᠯᡳ (hefeli, “belly”). Gyeongsang Korean 허불지 (heobulji) preserves the Tungusic final better.[1] The pan-Korean distribution and the existence of alternative Gyeongsang Korean 허욱다리 (heoukdari, “thigh”), showing pre-Middle Korean deletion of intervocalic /-p-/, strongly suggests an ancient borrowing before the fifteenth century.
The semantic shift was as follows: 허벅 (heobeok, “belly”, with diminutive suffix attached, still found in northern dialects) > 다리허벅 (dariheobeok, “inside of the thigh”, still found in northern dialects, literally “belly of the leg”) > 허벅지 (heobeokji, with clipping and additional Korean suffixation).[1]
The semantic shift is further supported by the existence of Early Modern Korean 다리ᄇᆡ (daribae, “inside of the thigh”, literally “belly of the leg”), with the same semantics but composed of native elements.[1]
Displaced native Middle Korean 싄다리 (Yale: suyn-tali).
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [hʌ̹bʌ̹k̚t͡ɕ͈i]
- Phonetic hangul: [허벅찌]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | heobeokji |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | heobeogji |
| McCune–Reischauer? | hŏbŏkchi |
| Yale Romanization? | hepekci |
Noun edit
허벅지 • (heobeokji)
Related terms edit
- 허벅살 (heobeoksal, “thigh fat”)
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 郭忠求 (2018) “국어의 만주퉁구스어·몽골어系 어휘와 그 지리적 분포 [Manchu-Tungusic and Mongolic vocabulary in Korean and its geographic distribution]”, in Jindan hakbo (in Korean), volume 131, pages 281—309: “공통어에서 기원한 '허벅지'와 순수고유어 '다리ᄇᆡ'가 경합을 벌이다가 '허벅지'가 승리한 것으로 보인다. ― gongtong'eo'eseo giwonhan heobeokji wa sunsugoyueo daribᆡ ga gyeonghabeul beoridaga heobeokji ga seungnihan geoseuro boinda.”