토끼

Korean
토끼

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 톳기 (thwoski). From 토 (兎, to, “rabbit”) + —ㅅ— (-s-, genitive interfix) + —기 (gi, suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[tʰo̞k͈i]
  • Phonetic Hangul[토끼]
Revised Romanization? tokki
Revised Romanization (translit.)? tokki
McCune–Reischauer? t'okki
Yale Romanization? thokki

Noun

토끼 • (tokki) (counter 마리)

  1. hare, rabbit, coney, bunny

Alternative forms
  • 톡기 (tokgi) (obsolete)
  • 톳기 (totgi) (obsolete)

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 메토끼 (metokki): (rarely used) hare, wild rabbit
  • 산토끼 (santokki): hare, wild rabbit
    • 산토 (山兎, santo)
    • 야토 (野兎, yato)
    • 옛날 계집들은 이날 남의 집에 찾아가는 것을 꺼렸다고 함. Traditional (Korean) women are said to keep from visiting other houses on this day.
  • 집토끼 (jiptokki): domestic or house rabbit
  • 토끼굴 (tokkigul): rabbit hole or burrow
  • 토끼날 (tokkinal): the first Day of the Hare (묘일, 卯日, myoIr, -Il) of the first lunar month.
  • 토끼뜀 (tokkittwim): leaping exercise as if a hare
  • 토끼띠 (tokkitti): born in the Year of the Hare
  • 토끼자리 (tokkijari): Hare, Lepus (constellation)
  • 토끼잠 (tokkijam): nap, poor sleep
  • 토끼장 (tokkijang): rabbit hutch
  • 토끼풀 (tokkipul): clover
  • 토끼해 (tokkihae): the Year of the Hare, cf. 묘년 (卯年, myonyeon)
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