떡

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떡 U+B5A1, 떡
HANGUL SYLLABLE DDEOG
Composition:ㄸ + ㅓ + ㄱ
← 떠
 		Hangul Syllables 떢 →
떠떡떢떣떤떥떦
떧떨떩떪떫떬떭
떮떯떰떱떲떳떴
떵떶떷떸떹떺떻
떄 ←→ 떼

Korean

Etymology 1

떡 (tteok, “rice-dough cake”).

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄯᅥᆨ〮 (Yale: sték). Japanese 粢(しとぎ) (shitogi, “sacrificial Shinto rice cake”) is often given as a Koreanic borrowing into Japanese; also compare Ainu シト (sito, “dumpling made from rice or millet”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?tteok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?tteog
McCune–Reischauer?ttŏk
Yale Romanization?ttek
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 떡의 / 떡에 / 떡까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

Noun

떡 • (tteok)

  1. rice cake; tteok
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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?tteok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?tteog
McCune–Reischauer?ttŏk
Yale Romanization?ttek

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 떡 (tteok)
Yang-form 딱 (ttak)

떡 • (tteok)

  1. (of a gap, of a width) wide, broad
    어깨가 떡 펼쳐져 있다.
    Eokkae-ga tteok pyeolcheojeo itda.
    His shoulders are spread very broadly.
    입이 떡 벌어지다
    ib-i tteok beoreojida
    to be jaw-dropping
  2. (of two things, also metaphoric) tight, fitting manner (usually negative)
    밥풀이 옷에 떡 붙어 있다.
    Bap'pur-i os-e tteok buteo itda.
    Grains of rice are stuck tight to his clothes.
  3. immobile; (figurative) in an adult manner; intransigent (often negative)
    군인들이 떡 버티고 있다.
    Gunin-deur-i tteok beotigo itda.
    The troops are stubbornly blocking the way.

References

  1. ^ Martin, Samuel E. (1996) Consonant Lenition in Korean and the Macro-Altaic Question, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 45
  2. ^ Frellesvig, Bjarke (2010) A History of the Japanese Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 147
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