加火魚

Chinese

phonetic fish
trad. (加火魚)
simp. (加火鱼)

Etymology

From an otherwise unattested Old Korean word, probably *kapɨl, which later developed to Seoul Korean 가오리 (gaori), Gyeongsang dialect 가부리 (gaburi).

The second character is a typical example of 훈가자(訓假字) (hun'gaja), using the Chinese character for "fire" to represent the syllable *pɨl because the ancient Korean word for "fire" was *pɨl (> Middle Korean (pul)).

Pronunciation


Noun

加火魚

  1. (Korean Classical Chinese) stingray
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