제비

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 져〯비 (Yale: cyěpì).

Compare also Evenki чипича (çipiça, “small bird”), Manchu ᠴᡳᠪᡳᠨ (cibin, “swallow”), and Japanese 燕 (tsubame, “swallow”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕe̞(ː)bi]
• Phonetic hangul: [제(ː)비]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jebi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jebi
McCune–Reischauer?	chebi
Yale Romanization?	cēypi

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 제비의 / 제비에 / 제비까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, and also heightens the subsequent suffixed syllable.

Noun

제비 • (jebi)

1. swallow (bird)
2. In particular, the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica).

Derived terms

• 꽃제비 (kkotjebi)
• 바다제비 (badajebi, “a type of storm petrel”)
• 제비쑥 (jebissuk, “Artemisia japonica”)