기침

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 기춤〮 (Yale: kìchwúm).

In Middle Korean, the noun was derived from the verb 깇다〮 (Yale: kìch-tá, “to cough”) via the verbal nominalizer ㅁ (Yale: -m). In Modern South Korean, the original verb has been lost, and 기침 (gichim) functions as a single morpheme. The original verb survives in North Korea, but cannot appear in isolation and must always take the object 기침 (gichim).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gichim
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gichim
McCune–Reischauer?kich'im
Yale Romanization?ki.chim
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 기침의 / 기침에 / 기침까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the first syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

기침 • (gichim)

  1. cough

Derived terms

See also
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