북자이

Korean

Etymology

북장 (bukjang) +‎ 이 (-i, noun suffix). It is made from 북장 (Hamgyeong style doenjang), thus why it is called the same name as the soybean paste.

Noun

북자이 • (bukjai)

  1. (Koryo-mar) bukjai, A type of doenjang jjigae made by Koryo-Saram
    • 2015 May 19, 김림마, “카자흐스탄 0.6%의기적 고려인의 도시 알마티”, in KBS실험실‎, 카자흐스탄 알마티:
      그저 밥에다가, 우리 밥에다가 짐치, 북자이에 고기 쪼금 놓구.
      Geujeo bab-e-daga, uri bab-e-daga jimchi, bukjai-e gogi jjogeum no-ku.
      In our meals we put kimchi, and in our doenjang jjigae we put a bit of meat...

Descendants
  • Russian: пуктя́й m (puktjáj)
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