가물치

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 가모〮티 (Yale: kàmwóthì).

Possibly from 가물다 (gamulda, “to be blighted with drought”) or 감다 (gamda, “to be black”) + —치 (-chi), a suffix often found in fish names.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ka̠muʎt͡ɕʰi]
    • (file)
  • Phonetic hangul: [가물치]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gamulchi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gamulchi
McCune–Reischauer?kamulch'i
Yale Romanization?kamulchi
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 가물치의 / 가물치에 / 가물치까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on the first syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

가물치 • (gamulchi)

  1. the northern snakehead, Channa argus.
  2. (North Korea) a fish caught during a drought, when the water is low

References
  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-01-22), “가물치”, in 표준국어대사전‎
  • 김, 익수; 박종영 (2002), “가물치”, in 한국의 민물고기, Seoul: Kyo-Hak Publishing, →ISBN, page 407
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