찍개

Korean

Etymology

찍다 (jjikda, “to chop; to take [a photo]”) +‎ 개 (-gae, agent noun-deriving suffix). In the archaeological sense, a calque of English chopper.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕ͈ik̚k͈ɛ] ~ [t͡ɕ͈ik̚k͈e̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [찍깨/찍께]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jjikgae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jjiggae
McCune–Reischauer?tchikkae
Yale Romanization?ccik.kay

Noun

찍개 • (jjikgae)

  1. (archaeology) chopper
  2. (nativising coinage) camera

See also
  1. 촬영기
  2. 사진기
  3. 카메라
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