U+D1B1, 톱
HANGUL SYLLABLE TOB
Composition: + +

[U+D1B0]
Hangul Syllables
[U+D1B2]
톡톢톣톥톦
톩톪톫톬톭
톮톯톰
톶톷톸톹톺톻
톄 ←→ 톼

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
Revised Romanization?top
Revised Romanization (translit.)?tob
McCune–Reischauer?t'op
Yale Romanization?thop

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: / 에 /

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

Noun

• (top)

  1. saw
  2. (suffix) covering

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)
  • 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)