Etymology 1[edit]
Related to dialectal Korean 지렁 (jireong). Plausibly from 지렁 (jireong) + 이 (-i).
지레이 • (jirei)
- (Russia, presumably also Yukjin) soy sauce
Etymology 2[edit]
Related to dialectal Korean 지렁이 (jireong'i).
지레이 • (jirei)
- (Northern Gyeongsang, Gangwon, Hwanghae, Russia presumably also, Hamgyong, Yukjin) Dialectal form of 지렁이 (jireong'i, “earthworm”).
2015 February 20, 강 보릐스 [gang boruiseu], “지렁이 국 [jireong'i guk]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye][1], 우즈베키스탄 누쿠스 [ujeubekiseutan nukuseu]:지레이 파서 끓여주믄 기러믄 죽는다구.- Jirei pa-seo kkeuryeoju-meun gireo-meun jungneundagu.
- They said if you boil an earthworm and feed it to someone, they would die.
