톱

톱 U+D1B1, 톱 HANGUL SYLLABLE TOB Composition: ㅌ + ㅗ + ㅂ ← 톰 [U+D1B0] Hangul Syllables 톲 → [U+D1B2]

토톡톢톣톤톥톦 톧톨톩톪톫톬톭 톮톯톰톱톲톳톴 통톶톷톸톹톺톻
톄 ←	→ 톼

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓くん民みん正せい音おと解かい例れい / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 톱〮 (Yale: thwóp).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tʰo̞p̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [톱]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	top
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	tob
McCune–Reischauer?	t'op
Yale Romanization?	thop

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 톱의 / 톱에 / 톱까지

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

Noun

톱 • (top)

1. saw
2. (suffix) covering

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 쇠톱 (soetop, “hacksaw”)
• 실톱 (siltop, “fretsaw”)
• 체인톱 (cheintop, “chainsaw”)
• 톱날 (tomnal, “saw blade”)
• 톱니 (tomni, “saw tooth”)
• 톱니바퀴 (tomnibakwi, “gear”)
• 톱밥 (topbap, “sawdust”)
• 톱질 (topjil, “sawing”)

Related terms

Related terms

• 덮다 (deopda, “to cover, cap, top”)
• 모래톱 (moraetop, “sand dune (literally, "sand-topped")”)
• 발톱 (baltop, “toenail, claw”)
• 손톱 (sontop, “fingernail”)
• 톺다 (topda, “to comb”)

See also

• 써레 (sseore, “harrow”)
• 써리다 (sseorida, “to harrow”)
• 썰다 (sseolda, “to harrow, cut, chop”)
• 썰매 (sseolmae, “sled, sledge, sleigh”)