알까기

Korean

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠ɭk͈a̠ɡi]
• Phonetic hangul: [알까기]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	alkkagi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	alkkagi
McCune–Reischauer?	alkkagi
Yale Romanization?	al.kkaki

Noun

알까기 • (alkkagi)

1. hatching

Synonyms

• 부화 (孵化, buhwa, “hatching, incubation”)
• 난생 (卵生, nansaeng, “oviparity, oviparous birth”)

Antonyms

• 태생 (胎生, taesaeng, “viviparity, viviparous birth”)

Related terms

• 알 (al, “egg”)
• 낳다 (nata, “to breed, lay (eggs)”)
• 품다 (pumda, “to embrace, incubate”)
• 까다 (kkada, “to shell, castrate, hatch”)
• 깨다 (kkaeda, “to break, crack, awake, hatch”)

See also

• 난생신화 (卵生神話, nansaengsinhwa): oviparous myth (such that the founder of a dynasty hatched out of an egg, perhaps simply serving as a metaphor for the beginning of a new nation.)

Etymology 2

알까기

Noun

알까기 • (alkkagi)

1. a board game in which the opponent's go stone are sent out by bouncing a go stone with a finger

See also

• 바둑 (baduk, “Go”)