토끼

Korean

토끼

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 톳기 (Yale: thwoski). From 토 (兎, to, “rabbit”) + —ㅅ— (-s-, genitive interfix) + —기 (-gi, suffix).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tʰo̞k͈i]
• Phonetic hangul: [토끼]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	tokki
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	to'kki
McCune–Reischauer?	t'okki
Yale Romanization?	tho.kki

Noun

토끼 • (tokki) (counter 마리)

1. hare, rabbit, coney, bunny

Alternative forms

• 톡기 (tokgi) (obsolete)
• 톳기 (totgi) (obsolete)

Synonyms

• 묘 (卯, myo)
• 토 (兔, 兎, to)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 메토끼 (metokki): (rarely used) hare, wild rabbit
• 산토끼 (santokki): hare, wild rabbit
  • 산토 (山兎, santo)
  • 야토 (野兎, yato)
  • 옛날 계집들은 이날 남의 집에 찾아가는 것을 꺼렸다고 함. Traditional (Korean) women are said to keep from visiting other houses on this day.

• 집토끼 (jiptokki): domestic or house rabbit
• 토끼굴 (tokkigul): rabbit hole or burrow
• 토끼날 (tokkinal): the first Day of the Hare (묘일, 卯日, myoIr, -Il) of the first lunar month.
• 토끼뜀 (tokkittwim): leaping exercise as if a hare
• 토끼띠 (tokkitti): born in the Year of the Hare

• 토끼자리 (tokkijari): Hare, Lepus (constellation)
• 토끼잠 (tokkijam): nap, poor sleep
• 토끼장 (tokkijang): rabbit hutch
• 토끼풀 (tokkipul): clover
• 토끼해 (tokkihae): the Year of the Hare, cf. 묘년 (卯年, myonyeon)