메토끼

Korean

메토끼

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. From 메 (me, “mountain, wilderness, field, meadow”) + 토끼 (tokki, “hare, rabbit”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [me̞tʰo̞k͈i]
• Phonetic hangul: [메토끼]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	metokki
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	meto'kki
McCune–Reischauer?	met'okki
Yale Romanization?	mey.tho.kki

Noun

메토끼 • (metokki)

1. hare, literally, mountain hare

Synonyms

• 산토끼 (山토끼, santokki)
• 산토 (山兎, santo)
• 야토 (野兎, yato)

Antonyms

• 집토끼 (jiptokki): rabbit, literally, "house rabbit"

See also

• 메뚜기 (mettugi): grasshopper
• 멧닭 (metdak): black grouse
• 멧돼지 (metdwaeji): wild boar

Further reading

• 산토끼의 잘못 (santokkiui jalmot), a mistake for 산토끼 — 표준국어대사전