가달

Jeju

Etymology

From Proto-Koreanic *katoL (“something forked or split from each other”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka̠da̠ɭ/

Noun

가달 (gadal)

1. leg

Korean

Etymology

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 갈래 (gallae, “strand, fork, division”), 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): [ka̠da̠ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [가달]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gadal
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gadal
McCune–Reischauer?	kadal
Yale Romanization?	katal

Noun

가달 • (gadal)

1. a very ferocious person
2. (originally Hamgyong, now North Korea) anything split from each other
3. (Gangwon) branch

Synonyms

• (branch): (standard Korean) 가닥 (gadak)