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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 톱〮 (Yale: thwóp).
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | top |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | tob |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | t'op |
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| Yale Romanization? | thop |
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South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 톱의 / 톱에 / 톱까지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.
Noun
톱 • (top)
- saw
- (suffix) covering
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 쇠톱 (soetop, “hacksaw”)
- 실톱 (siltop, “fretsaw”)
- 체인톱 (cheintop, “chainsaw”)
- 톱날 (tomnal, “saw blade”)
- 톱니 (tomni, “saw tooth”)
- 톱니바퀴 (tomnibakwi, “gear”)
- 톱밥 (topbap, “sawdust”)
- 톱질 (topjil, “sawing”)
Related terms
- 덮다 (deopda, “to cover, cap, top”)
- 모래톱 (moraetop, “sand dune (literally, "sand-topped")”)
- 발톱 (baltop, “toenail, claw”)
- 손톱 (sontop, “fingernail”)
- 톺다 (topda, “to comb”)
See also
- 써레 (sseore, “harrow”)
- 써리다 (sseorida, “to harrow”)
- 썰다 (sseolda, “to harrow, cut, chop”)
- 썰매 (sseolmae, “sled, sledge, sleigh”)