가의

Jeju

Alternative forms

• 가이 (gai) (standard)

Etymology

Contraction of 그 아의 (geu aui, “that kid”). Cognate with Korean 걔 (gyae).

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽kaɰi⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [ka̠ɰi]
• Phonetic hangul: [가의]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gaui
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gaui
Yale Romanization?	kauy

Pronoun

가의 (gaui)

1. (sometimes proscribed) that kid; he or she (a person who is not present)
   • 2017, 양창용, 윌리암 오그레디, 양세종, 제주어 1, 퍼플, →ISBN, page 6:

     가읜 열아홉 ᄉᆞᆯ이고, 고등ᄒᆞᆨ교 삼ᄒᆞᆨ년마씸.

     Gauin yeorahop sawr-i-go, godeunghawkgyo samhawngnyeon-massim.

     She's nineteen years old and is a high school junior.

   • 2020, Changyong Yang, Sejung Yang, William O'Grady, Jejueo : the language of Korea’s Jeju Island, Honolulu, USA: University of Hawai‘i Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →JSTOR, page 112:

     난 가의 몰르쿠다.

     Nan gaui molleu-ku-da.

     I don't know him/her.

See also

• 야의 (yaui, “this kid”), 자의 (jaui, “that kid”)