Korean

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Etymology

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Contains the suffix -치 (-chi, “thing”), often found in fish names.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?salchi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?salchi
McCune–Reischauer?salch'i
Yale Romanization?salchi

Noun

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살치 (salchi)

  1. The sharpbelly, Hemiculter leucisculus.

References

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  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 20 (last accessed)) “살치”, in 표준국어대사전[1]
  • 김, 익수 with 박종영 (2002) “살치”, in 한국의 민물고기, Seoul: Kyo-Hak Publishing, →ISBN, page 192