토끼

Korean

토끼

Etymology

Of native Korean origin.

Noun

토끼 (tokki)

1. hare, rabbit, coney, bunny

Alternative forms

• 톡기 (toggi, tok-) (obsolete)
• 톳기 (tosgi, tot-) (obsolete)

Synonyms

• 묘 (卯, myo)
• 토 (兔, 兎, to)

Derived terms

• 메토끼 (me-) (rarely used) hare, wild rabbit
• 산토끼 (san-) hare, wild rabbit
  • 산토 (山兎, santo)
  • 야토 (野兎, yato)
• 집토끼 (jib-, jip-) domestic or house rabbit
• 토끼굴 (-gur, -gul) rabbit hole or burrow
• 토끼날 (-nar, -nal) the first Day of the Hare (묘일, 卯日, myoIr, -Il) of the first lunar month.
  • 옛날 계집들은 이날 남의 집에 찾아가는 것을 꺼렸다고 함. Traditional (Korean) women are said to keep from visiting other houses on this day.
• 토끼띠 (-tti) born in the Year of the Hare
• 토끼뜀 (-ttwim) leaping exercise as if a hare
• 토끼자리 (-jari) Hare, Lepus (constellation)
• 토끼잠 (-jam) nap, poor sleep
• 토끼장 (-jang) rabbit hutch
• 토끼풀 (-pur, -pul) clover
• 토끼해 (-hae) the Year of the Hare, cf. 묘년 (卯年, myonyeon)