-에기

See also: 에기

Korean

Etymology

억 (-eok, diminutive suffix) +‎ 이 (-i, noun suffix), with dialectal umlaut of the first vowel.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [e̞ɡi]
• Phonetic hangul: [에기]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	egi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	egi
McCune–Reischauer?	egi
Yale Romanization?	eyki

Suffix

에기 • (-egi)

1. (especially dialectal) Attached to nouns or verb stems to derive related or synonymous nouns, often with a pejorative effect.

   ‎쓸— (sseul-, “to sweep”) + ‎에기 (-egi) → ‎쓰레기 (sseuregi, “trash”)

   ‎뿔 (ppul, “horn”) + ‎에기 (-egi) → ‎뿌레기 (ppuregi, “bull”) (Jeolla dialect)