기와

Etymology
Hypercorrection to avoid palatalization, against the southern dialectal form (first attested in Hancheongmun'gam (漢淸文鑑 / 한청문감), 1779), compound of and Sino-Korean morpheme. This word was altered from the older term, from (first attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447), compound of  >  and , literally "earthen grass" means that traditional Korean roof was made from grass instead of earthen tiles. There are various dialectal forms made from the above forms,, , , , , , , , , , etc.

Noun

 * 1) roof tile