-에기

See also: 에기

Korean

Etymology

(-eok, diminutive suffix) + (-i, noun suffix), with dialectal umlaut of the first vowel.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?egi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?egi
McCune–Reischauer?egi
Yale Romanization?eyki

Suffix

에기 • (-egi)

  1. (especially dialectal) Attached to nouns or verb stems to derive related or synonymous nouns, often with a pejorative effect.
    쓸— (sseul-, to sweep) + 에기 (-egi)쓰레기 (sseuregi, trash)
    (ppul, horn) + 에기 (-egi)뿌레기 (ppuregi, bull) (Jeolla dialect)
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