가물치

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 가모〮티 (Yale: kàmwóthì).

Possibly from 가물다 (gamulda, “to be blighted with drought”) or 감다 (gamda, “to be black”) + —치 (-chi), a suffix often found in fish names.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠muʎt͡ɕʰi]

  • (file)

• Phonetic hangul: [가물치]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gamulchi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gamulchi
McCune–Reischauer?	kamulch'i
Yale Romanization?	kamulchi

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 가물치의 / 가물치에 / 가물치까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on the first syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

가물치 • (gamulchi)

1. the northern snakehead, Channa argus.
2. (North Korea) a fish caught during a drought, when the water is low

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 22 (last accessed)) “가물치 [gamulchi]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎^[1]
• 김, 익수 with 박종영 (2002) “가물치 [gamulchi]”, in 한국의 민물고기 [han'gugui minmulgogi], Seoul: Kyo-Hak Publishing, →ISBN, page 407