상아

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Korean

tusks of elephants

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 象牙, from (elephant) + (tooth, ivory, tusk).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sang'a
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sang'a
McCune–Reischauer?sanga
Yale Romanization?sanga

Noun

상아 (sang'a) (hanja 象牙)

  1. an ivory or tusk of elephants

Derived terms