기둥

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Samgang haengsildo (三綱行實圖 / 삼강행실도), 1511. as Middle Korean 기도ᇰ (kitwong), from older suffixless form 긷 (kit) (First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446.). Compare dialectal forms 기동 (gidong, Hamgyeong/Gangwon/Chungcheong/Jeolla), 지둥 (jidung, Chungnam), 지동 (jidong, Gyeongsang/Chungbuk/Jeju), 기듕 (gidyung, Hambuk), 지뒹 (jidwing, Hambuk), etc.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kiduŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [기둥]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gidung
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gidung
McCune–Reischauer?	kidung
Yale Romanization?	kitwung

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 기둥의 / 기둥에 / 기둥까지

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.

Noun

기둥 • (gidung)

1. pillar, column, post

   헤라클레스의 기둥은 지중해 입구에 놓여진 것으로 추정된다.

   herakeulleseuui gidung'eun jijunghae ipgue noyeojin geoseuro chujeongdoenda.

   The Pillars of Hercules, [...] (are) [...] supposed to have been placed at the mouth of the Mediterranean.

   (1882. Ignatius Donnelly, Atlantis: The Antediluvian World/Part 5/Chapter 9)