상아

tusks of elephants

Korean

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

1. an ivory, or tusk of elephants.

Synonyms

• 엄니 (eomni, “fang, tusk”)

• 대아 (大牙, daea, “fang, tusk”)

Derived terms

• 상아탑 (象牙塔, sang'atap, “ivory tower”)
• 상아해안 (象牙海岸, sang'ahaean, “Ivory Coast”)

See also

• 코끼리 (kokkiri, “elephant”)
• 앞니 (amni, “front tooth”)

• 멧돼지 (metdwaeji, “wild boar”)
• 송곳니 (songgonni, “incisor”)

• 이빨 (ippal, “animal tooth”)

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