더위팔기

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Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

더위 (deowi, heat) +‎ 팔기 (palgi, selling) verbal noun of 팔다 (palda, to sell).

Pronunciation[edit]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?deowipalgi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?deowipalgi
McCune–Reischauer?tŏwip'algi
Yale Romanization?tewi.phal.ki

Noun[edit]

더위팔기 (deowipalgi)

  1. "Selling heat", a folk custom associated with the first full moon of the first lunar month according to which saying "my heat" to someone before dawn is supposed to make one's sufferings that summer less intense.[1]

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