가시

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• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽kasi⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [ka̠ɕʰi]
• Phonetic hangul: [가시]

가시 (gasi)

1. maggot
2. fishbone
3. thorn

• “가시” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 가ᄉᆡ〮 (Yale: kàsóy).

Compare Evenki асикта (asikta, “fir-tree”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠ɕʰi]
• Phonetic hangul: [가시]

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 가시의 / 가시에 / 가시까지

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

가시 • (gasi)

1. thorn
2. sting
3. fishbone
4. quill (of a hedgehog or a porcupine)

Of native Korean origin.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠ɕʰi]
• Phonetic hangul: [가시]

가시 • (gasi)

1. worm, maggot

Of native Korean origin.

• • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠ɕʰi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [가시]

  Romanizations
  Revised Romanization?	gasi
  Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gasi
  McCune–Reischauer?	kasi
  Yale Romanization?	kasi

가시 • (gasi)

1. The acorn of the Chinese evergreen oak

• 도토리 (dotori)

• 가시나무 (gasinamu)

• Martin, Samuel E.; Yang Ha Lee; Sung-Un Chang (1975) A Korean-English Dictionary, New Haven: Yale University Press, page 21.