코 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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켸 ←→ 콰
코코

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First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 곻〮 (Yale: kwóh).

(ko, “nose”).
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ko
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ko
McCune–Reischauer?k'o
Yale Romanization?kho
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: / 에 /

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

(ko, “a stitch”).

(ko)

  1. nose
  2. nasal fluid
  3. tip
  4. a stitch in knitting
  5. a knot in a net
  • 코끼리 (kokkiri, “elephant”)
  • 코쟁이 (kojaeng'i, “Westerner [pejorative]”)
  • 콧물 (konmul, “nasal fluid; snot”)