Proto-Korean: *kă'oi ( ~ *ko'ăi)
Meaning: dressing for the lower part of body
Russian meaning: одежда для нижней части тела
Modern Korean: koi
Middle Korean: kă'oi, ko'oi
Comments: Nam 15, 48, KED 148. Martin treats the word as a loanword < MC khò 'trousers' + ʔɨj 'clothes'; however, the word means both 'trousers' and 'skirt' in MKor.; the compound is not found in Chinese proper; and the MKor phonology cannot be explained < Chinese. Modern koi (orth. ko'ɨi) may be a secondary modification under Chinese influence.
