꽃제비
Korean
editEtymology
edit꽃 (kkot, “flower”) + 제비 (jebi, “swallow”). Likely was coined during the North Korean famine of the 1990s due to mass starvation resulting in an significant increase of orphans and abandoned children in the country. In recent times, it is also used in South Korea when referring to homeless children in the North. Often written in English as "kotjebi."
Pronunciation
edit- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [k͈o̞t̚t͡ɕ͈e̞bi]
- Phonetic hangul: [꼳쩨비]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | kkotjebi |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | kkochjebi |
| McCune–Reischauer? | kkotchebi |
| Yale Romanization? | kkochceypi |
Noun
edit꽃제비 • (kkotjebi)
- (colloquial, North Korea) kotjebi, homeless children in North Korea