Korean edit

Etymology edit

(heuk, earth; dirt) +‎ (-i, noun-attaching suffix).

Noun edit

흘기 (heulgi)

  1. (Pyongan, Hamgyong, northern Gyeongsang and Chungcheong) earth, dirt
    Synonym: (heuk)
    • 2021 August 22, 이유미 [iyumi], “남한정착 3개월차 탈북녀들의 황당한 한국생활 계획! 북한사투리 버전 [namhanjeongchak 3gaewolcha talbungnyeodeurui hwangdanghan han'guksaenghwal gyehoek! bukhansaturi beojeon]”, in 중고차는 유미카 [junggochaneun yumika]‎[1], 양강도 혜산시 [yanggangdo hyesansi]:
      근데 여긴 신발 는지 모르 흘기 도로.
      Geunde yeogin sinbar-eu wae dang-neunji moreu-get-da heulgi-do eop-jaen-ni doro-e.
      But I don't know why people here clean their shoes, is there no dirt on the roads [in South Korea]?