Etymology[edit]
Related to 가르치다 (gareuchida).
갤치다 • (gaelchida) (infinitive 갤쳐 or 갤치어, sequential 갤치니)
- Jeolla dialect and Gyeongsang form of 가르치다 (gareuchida, “to teach”)
1982 January 21, 한진식, “현풍 곽씨 집안의 효자”, in 한국구비문학대계[1], 경상남도 의령군 정곡면:너거 동생이, 니가 글로 갤치는 니 동생이, 동생을 쟁개를 보낼라고 했는데...- Neo-geo dongsaeng-i, ni-ga geul-lo gaelchineun ni dongsaeng-i, dongsaeng-eul jaenggae-reul bonaellago haen-neun-de...
- Your younger brother, the one that you taught to read letters, I was going to send him off to get married...