-까정

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Korean ᄭᆞ자ᇰ〮 (Yale: skòcáng). Related to standard Korean 까지 (kkaji).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [k͈a̠d͡ʑʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [까정]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	kkajeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	kkajeong
McCune–Reischauer?	kkajŏng
Yale Romanization?	kkaceng

Particle

까정 • (-kkajeong)

1. (dialectal, including Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong) until, by

   Synonym: (Standard Seoul) 까지 (kkaji)

   • 2007 March 5, 강길재 [ganggiljae], “4.3민주행쟁겪고, 목포에서 6.25치르고... "지금은 전쟁없응께 살기 좋아" [4.3minjuhaengjaenggyeokgo, mokpo'eseo 6.25chireugo... jigeumeun jeonjaeng'eopseungkke salgi joa"]”, in 형과니의삶 [hyeonggwaniuisam]‎^[1], 전라남도 목포시 [jeollanamdo mokposi], archived from the original on 13 January 2022:

     목포에서 전쟁 끝나고 한 10년 쌀장시를 크게 하다가 인천까정 올라온 것도 다 영감이 바람 피워가꼬 그렇게 된거여.

     Mokpo-eseo jeonjaeng kkeunnago han 10nyeon ssaljangsi-reul keuge hada-ga incheonkkajeong ollaon geot-do da yeonggam-i baram piwogakko geureoke doen'geoyeo.

     Because of my husband's adultery, I had to sell rice in Mokpo for 10 years after the war, until I moved up to Incheon.

   • Though originally from Jeju island, the interviewee moved to Mokpo as a teenager and lived there until adulthood, and thus her spoken Korean is from the Mokpo dialect.