고슴도치

Korean

Alternative forms

• 고슴돛 (goseumdot)

Etymology

First attested in the 使高麗錄, 1123, as Late Old Korean 苦苫.

In the hangul script, first attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean 고솜〮돝 (Yale: kwòswómtwòth). Compound of 고솜〮 +‎ Middle Korean 돝 (twòth, “pig, swine”) +‎ ㅣ (-i). The origin of the first part could be related to 가시 (gasi). 고솜〮 was first attested as Late Old Korean 苦苫 in the text 《使高麗錄》 as part of the compound 苦苫苫 (“porcupine quill”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞sʰɯmdo̞t͡ɕʰi]
• Phonetic hangul: [고슴도치]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	goseumdochi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	goseumdochi
McCune–Reischauer?	kosŭmdoch'i
Yale Romanization?	kosumto.chi

Noun

고슴도치 • (goseumdochi)

1. a hedgehog, particularly an Amur hedgehog, of species Erinaceus amurensis.

   Synonym: 자위(刺蝟) (jawi)

Further reading

• 고슴도치 on the Korean Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ko