ᄀᆞᆸ

Jeju

Etymology

See Korean 겹 (gyeop).

Pronunciation

(Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽kɒp⫽
(Jeju City) IPA^(key): [kɒp̚]
Phonetic hangul: [ᄀᆞᆸ]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	gawp
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	gawb
Yale Romanization^?	kop

Noun

ᄀᆞᆸ (gawp)

layer; fold
portion; allotment
- 밥을 먹어도 서로 ᄀᆞᆸ을 갈랑 먹나
  babeul meogeodo seoro gawbeul gallang meongna
  Even when they eat rice, they always split portions between them.
divide; especially a cosmic divide, such as that between heaven and earth or the living and the dead
- c. 1970, Cheonji-wang bon-puri:
  구신은 세를 총총 저련 말을 몰라... 인간이 구신 생인 ᄀᆞᆸ 가르던 남정 종.
  Gusineun sereul chongchong jeoryeon mareul molla... In'gani gusin saeng'in gawp gareudeon namjeong jong.
  The dead had their tongues pickled and numbed and no longer knew how to speak... The male servant [of the god Dabyeol-wang] who split the gawp between the living and the dead in the human world.
- 1985, Cheonji-wang bon-puri:
  하늘과 땅이 ᄀᆞᆸ이 엇어 늬 귀 ᄌᆞᆷ쑥허여...
  Haneulgwa ttang'i gawbi eoseo nui gwi jawmssukheoyeo...
  The four corners [of the primordial chaos] were shrouded in sleep because heaven and earth had no gawp...
limit; end
- 일은 ᄒᆞ민 ᄀᆞᆸ엇나.
  Ireun hawmin gawbeonna.
  Once you're working, there's never an end to it.
discernment
- 그 사름은 ᄀᆞᆸ 엇은 사름이여.
  Geu sareumeun gawp eoseun sareumiyeo.
  That person is somebody who lacks discernment.
sorting out; categorization
- ᄀᆞᆸ치지당 보난 더 범벅만 되라.
  Gawpchijidang bonan deo beombeongman doera.
  We tried to sort things out, but it only made more a mess.