Of native Korean origin. Probably related to the first element of억누르다 (eongnureuda, “to repress”), and to우기다 (ugida, “to stubbornly insist on”).-ji is probably a suffix; theGyeongsang dialect has the form욱 (uk) for this term.
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Revised Romanization? | eokji |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | eogji |
McCune–Reischauer? | ŏkchi |
Yale Romanization? | ekci |
억지• (eokji)