꼬치

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 곶〮 (Yale: kwóc), but today with nominal suffix 이 (-i) attached.

Today synchronically analyzable as 꽂— (kkot-, “to skewer”) +‎ 이 (-i, noun-deriving suffix).

Compare Japanese 串 (kushi, “skewer”), of uncertain relation.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [k͈o̞t͡ɕʰi]
• Phonetic hangul: [꼬치]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	kkochi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	kkochi
McCune–Reischauer?	kkoch'i
Yale Romanization?	kko.chi

Noun

꼬치 • (kkochi)

1. food on a skewer, skewered food
2. Synonym of 꼬챙이 (kkochaeng'i, “skewer”)

Derived terms

• 꼬치고기 (kkochigogi)
• 꼬치구이 (kkochigu'i)
• 꼬치꼬치 (kkochikkochi)

Etymology 2

See 고추 (gochu).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [k͈o̞t͡ɕʰi]
• Phonetic hangul: [꼬치]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	kkochi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	kkochi
McCune–Reischauer?	kkoch'i
Yale Romanization?	kko.chi

Noun

꼬치 • (kkochi)

1. (Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, Pyongan, Yukjin, Seoul) Dialectal form of 고추 (gochu, “chili pepper”)
   • 1980 July 22, 이응탁 [ieungtak], “거짓말 시험에 합격한 사람 [geojinmal siheome hapgyeokhan saram]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎^[1], 경상북도 안동시 목성동 [gyeongsangbukdo andongsi mokseongdong]:

     그 아랫마 가서 꼬치를... 사, 사기줄랑.

     Geu araenma ga-seo kkochi-reul... Sa, sagijullang.

     Go to the village below us... and buy chili pepper... then give it to me.