기둥
Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in the Samgang haengsildo (三綱行實圖 / 삼강행실도), 1511. as Middle Korean 기도ᇰ (kitwong), from older suffixless form 긷 (kit) (First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446.). Compare dialectal forms 기동 (gidong, Hamgyeong/Gangwon/Chungcheong/Jeolla), 지둥 (jidung, Chungnam), 지동 (jidong, Gyeongsang/Chungbuk/Jeju), 기듕 (gidyung, Hambuk), 지뒹 (jidwing, Hambuk), etc.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kiduŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [기둥]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | gidung |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gidung |
| McCune–Reischauer? | kidung |
| Yale Romanization? | kitwung |
South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 기둥의 / 기둥에 / 기둥까지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.
Noun
[edit]기둥 • (gidung)
- pillar, column, post
- 헤라클레스의 기둥은 지중해 입구에 놓여진 것으로 추정된다.(1882. Ignatius Donnelly, Atlantis: The Antediluvian World/Part 5/Chapter 9)
- herakeulleseuui gidung'eun jijunghae ipgue noyeojin geoseuro chujeongdoenda.
- The Pillars of Hercules, [...] (are) [...] supposed to have been placed at the mouth of the Mediterranean.