참별고기

Korean edit

Alternative forms edit

ᄎᆞᆷ별고긔 (chambyeolgogi) — Early Modern

Etymology edit

Unknown.

Seems to be 참 (cham, “genuine”) +‎ 별(別) (byeol( 別 ), “especial”) +‎ 고기 (gogi, “fish”)? Perhaps invented by the translator for some unknown reason, or a short-lived slang word that was fortuitously recorded in this work.

Pronunciation edit

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰa̠mbjʌ̹ɭɡo̞ɡi]
Phonetic hangul: [참별고기]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	chambyeolgogi
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	chambyeolgogi
McCune–Reischauer^?	ch'ambyŏlgogi
Yale Romanization^?	champyel.koki

Noun edit

참별고기 • (chambyeolgogi)

(late nineteenth century, obsolete, only attested in one text) fish
Synonym: 물고기 (mulgogi)
- c. 1880, 계명대 소장본 『셔유긔』 (Gyemyeongdae sojangbon Syeoyugui) [a Korean translation of Journey to the West, Keimyung University manuscript], volume 2, page 80:6:
  ᄃᆡ셩 이 변ᄒᆞ여 참별고기 되여 순이 물결 을 죳ᄎᆞ 노드니
  daesyeong-i byeonhayeo chambyeolgogi doeyeo suni mulgyeor-eul jotcha nodeuni
  The Great Sage transformed himself into a fish and frolicked, following the currents.

Usage notes edit

This term is only attested in a late nineteenth-century translation of the Chinese novel Journey to the West, as a translation of Mandarin 魚兒／鱼儿 (yú'ér, “(little) fish”).