기와

Korean

Etymology

Hypercorrection to avoid palatalization, against the southern dialectal form 지와 (jiwa) (first attested in Hancheongmungam (漢淸文鑑 / 한청문감), 1779), compound of 질 (jil, “potter's clay”) and Sino-Korean word 와 (瓦, wa, “roof tile”). This word was altered from the older term 지새 (jisae), from Middle Korean 디새 (tisay) (first attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447), compound of 딜 (til) > 질 (jil, “potter's clay”) and 새 (sae, “sedge, saw grass”), literally "earthen grass" means that traditional Korean roof was made from grass instead of earthen tiles. There are various dialectal forms made from the above forms, 지아 (jia), 지야 (jiya), 기야 (giya), 갸 (gya), 지애 (jiae), 지얘 (jiyae), 재 (jae), 기얘 (giyae), 재와 (jaewa), 게와 (gewa), etc.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[kiwa̠]
  • Phonetic Hangul[기와]
Revised Romanization? giwa
Revised Romanization (translit.)? giwa
McCune–Reischauer? kiwa
Yale Romanization? kiwa

Noun

기와 • (giwa)

  1. roof tile

References
  1. Rei, Fukui (2017-03-28) 小倉進平『朝鮮語方言の研究』所載資料による言語地図とその解釈―第１集‎, 東京大学人文社会系研究科 韓国朝鮮文化研究室, page 37-40
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