계집

Etymology
A compound of, whence also +. Literally "one who is at home". See also, with the same semantic shift. The word is not attested in the twelfth-century  or in any Old Korean sources, hence it is thought to have been a relatively recent coinage in the fifteenth century. The Jilin leishi transcribes the Korean word for "woman" as, which is not attested in any Middle Korean source. is also used by the Jilin leishi to transcribe the Korean word for "wife", with a Middle Korean counterpart.

Noun

 * 1)  woman, girl
 * 2)  wife
 * 1)  wife