ᄀᆞᆸ

From Middle Korean ᄀᆞᆲ kolp "fold," cognate to Korean 겹

IPA^(key): [kɔp̚]

ᄀᆞᆸ (gawp)

1. layer; fold
2. portion; allotment
   • 밥을 먹어도 서로 ᄀᆞᆸ을 갈랑 먹나

     Even when they eat rice, they always split portions between them.

3. 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.

     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...

     The four corners [of the primordial chaos] were shrouded in sleep because heaven and earth had no gawp...

4. limit; end
   • 일은 ᄒᆞ민 ᄀᆞᆸ엇나.

     Once you're working, there's never an end to it.

5. discernment
   • 그 사름은 ᄀᆞᆸ 엇은 사름이여.

     That person is somebody who lacks discernment.

6. sorting out; categorization
   • ᄀᆞᆸ치지당 보난 더 범벅만 되라.

     We tried to sort things out, but it only made more a mess.