떡
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[edit] Korean
[edit] Etymology 1
First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as ᄯᅥᆨ (Yale: stek). The presumed Old Korean root is *돋. Relationships with the Japanese term 餅 (mochi) and the Manchu term tət ("millet") have been hypothesized.
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Romanization
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tteok |
tteog |
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ttŏk |
ttek |
[edit] Noun
떡 (tteok)
- Any dough of rice or other cereals, ground before, or mashed after, steaming.
- Specifically, a steamed cake of glutinous rice, often sweetened.
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[edit] See also
tteok on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:tteok
[edit] References
2000, Seo Jeong-beom (서정범), 國語語原辭典, Seoul: Bogosa Books:
[edit] Etymology 2
[edit] Adverb
떡 (tteok)