살피개

Korean

Etymology

From 살피— (salpi-, “to survey”) +‎ -개 (-gae, inanimate agentive suffix), literally "the surveying things".

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠ɭpʰiɡɛ] ~ [sʰa̠ɭpʰiɡe̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [살피개/살피게]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?salpigae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?salpigae
McCune–Reischauer?salp'igae
Yale Romanization?sal.phikay

Noun

살피개 • (salpigae)

  1. (ginseng-harvesters' cant) the eyes
    Synonyms: (cant) 야사 (yasa), (cant) 반들개 (bandeulgae), (non-cant) 눈 (nun, “eye”)
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