-기

기 -기- Jeju Etymology See ko -기. Suffix jje suffix -gi to, -ing, that...; derives verbal and adjectival substantives. -ing, -ment, -tion; derives nouns from verbs and adjectives. Korean Etymology 1 From ko okm -기〮 -kí ~ okm -이〮. The suffix was rare in fifteenth-century Middle Korean (Lee and Ramsey 2011, p. 177), but came to increasingly displace okm -옴. Suffix to, -ing, that...; derives verbal and adjectival substantives. ko -음 formal ko 아기-들-은 울-기-만 한다. All babies do is cry. ko 죽-기-는 쉽고 살-기-는 어렵다. It is easy to die and difficult to live. ko 이 아이-는 그림 그리-기-를 잘-한다. This child is good at drawing pictures. ko 그-가 떠났-기 때문-이다. It is because of him leaving. -ing, -ment, -tion; derives nouns from verbs and adjectives. ko -음 -이 ko 듣- to listen 듣기 listening ko 달리- to run 달리기 running Derived terms ko Etymology 2 Suffix For Sino-Korean suffixes, see the entries at ko 기. ko inflectional suffixes Middle Korean Alternative forms okm -기〮 After a vowel. okm -이〮 After a consonant. Suffix okm suffix -kí -기〮 -ing, -ment, -tion; derives nouns from verbs and adjectives. Derived terms okm 글스기<tr:kul-su-ki><t:writing> 남진어르기<tr:namcin-elu-ki><t:courting a husband>