-꺼지

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [k͈ʌ̹d͡ʑi]
• Phonetic hangul: [꺼지]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	kkeoji
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	kkeoji
McCune–Reischauer?	kkŏji
Yale Romanization?	kkeci

Particle

꺼지 • (-kkeoji)

1. (Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Seoul, Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, Hwanghae) Alternative form of 까지 (-kkaji, “until, by”)
   • 2021 March 25, 엄택규 [eomtaekgyu], “큰 나무같던 아버지 그립습니다 [keun namugatdeon abeoji geuripseumnida]”, in 나의 살던 고향은 [naui saldeon gohyang'eun]‎^[1], 강원도 고성군 수동면 [gang'wondo goseonggun sudongmyeon]:

     요기서 고향꺼지는 차루 간담 몇 분도 안 걸리지.

     Yogi-seo gohyangkkeoji-neun cha-ru gandam myeot bun-do an geolli-ji.

     From here until my hometown if you went by car it wouldn barely take a few minutes.

   • The speaker's hometown is a part of Gangwon-do that was cleared of its residents after the Korean war due to being located within the DMZ. As he moved to a neighboring township, it is likely that the dialects of both areas is near identical.