알까기

Korean

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠ɭk͈a̠ɡi]
Phonetic hangul: [알까기]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	alkkagi
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	alkkagi
McCune–Reischauer^?	alkkagi
Yale Romanization^?	al.kkaki

Noun

알까기 • (alkkagi)

hatching

Synonyms

부화 (孵化, buhwa): hatching, incubation
난생 (卵生, nansaeng): oviparity, oviparous birth

Antonyms

태생 (胎生, taesaeng): viviparity, viviparous birth

Related terms

알 (al): egg
낳다 (nata): to breed, lay (eggs)
품다 (pumda): to embrace, incubate
까다 (kkada): to shell, castrate, hatch
깨다 (kkaeda): to break, crack, awake, hatch

See also

난생신화 (卵生神話, nansaengsinhwa): oviparous myth (such that the founder of a dynasty hatched out of an egg, perhaps simply serving as a metaphor for the beginning of a new nation.)

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