가재미

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Korean

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Etymology

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/i/ umlaut form of 가자미 (gajami).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gajaemi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gajaemi
McCune–Reischauer?kajaemi
Yale Romanization?kacaymi

Noun

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가재미 (gajaemi)

  1. (Gangwon, Seoul, Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong) Dialectal form of 가자미 (gajami, flatfish, flounder)

Usage notes

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The Standard South Korean term for the flounder or flatfish is 가자미 (gajami). In many regional dialects, however, the fish is known as 가재미 (gajaemi), a phonological change due to a process of I-mutation, similar to the change between 호랑이 (horang'i, “tiger”) and 호랭이 (horaeng'i), or 지팡이 (jipang'i, “stick”) and 지팽이 (jipaeng'i).