상아

Korean

tusks of elephants

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 象牙, from 象 (“elephant”) + 牙 (“tooth, ivory, tusk”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠ŋa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [상아]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sang'a
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sang'a
McCune–Reischauer?	sanga
Yale Romanization?	sanga

Noun

상아 • (sang'a) (hanja 象牙)

1. an ivory or tusk of elephants

Derived terms

• 상아탑(象牙塔) (sang'atap)
• 상아해안(象牙海岸) (Sang'ahaean)