살피개

Korean

Etymology

From 살피— (salpi-, “to survey”) +‎ 개 (-gae, inanimate agentive suffix), literally "the surveying things".

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠ɭpʰiɡɛ] ~ [sʰa̠ɭpʰiɡe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [살피개/살피게]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	salpigae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	salpigae
McCune–Reischauer?	salp'igae
Yale Romanization?	sal.phikay

Noun

살피개 • (salpigae)

1. (ginseng-harvesters' cant) the eyes

   Synonyms: (cant) 야사 (yasa), (cant) 반들개 (bandeulgae), (non-cant) 눈 (nun, “eye”)