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Jeju
Etymology
See Korean 겹 (gyeop).
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | gawp |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gawb |
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| Yale Romanization? | kop |
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Noun
ᄀᆞᆸ (gawp)
- layer; fold
- portion; allotment
밥을 먹어도 서로 ᄀᆞᆸ을 갈랑 먹나- babeul meogeodo seoro gawbeul gallang meongna
- Even when they eat rice, they always split portions between them.
- divide; especially a cosmic divide, such as that between heaven and earth or the living and the dead
c. 1970, Cheonji-wang bon-puri:구신은 세를 총총 저련 말을 몰라... 인간이 구신 생인 ᄀᆞᆸ 가르던 남정 종.- Gusineun sereul chongchong jeoryeon mareul molla... In'gani gusin saeng'in gawp gareudeon namjeong jong.
- The dead had their tongues pickled and numbed and no longer knew how to speak... The male servant who split the gawp between the living and the dead in the human world.
1985, Cheonji-wang bon-puri:하늘과 땅이 ᄀᆞᆸ이 엇어 늬 귀 ᄌᆞᆷ쑥허여...- Haneulgwa ttang'i gawbi eoseo nui gwi jawmssukheoyeo...
- The four corners were shrouded in sleep because heaven and earth had no gawp...
- limit; end
일은 ᄒᆞ민 ᄀᆞᆸ엇나.- Ireun hawmin gawbeonna.
- Once you're working, there's never an end to it.
- discernment
그 사름은 ᄀᆞᆸ 엇은 사름이여.- Geu sareumeun gawp eoseun sareumiyeo.
- That person is somebody who lacks discernment.
- sorting out; categorization
ᄀᆞᆸ치지당 보난 더 범벅만 되라.- Gawpchijidang bonan deo beombeongman doera.
- We tried to sort things out, but it only made more a mess.