널
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Korean
Etymology 1
Of native Korean origin.
Noun
널 • (neol)
- panel, board, plank
- seesaw, teeter-totter : a structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down
- coffin, casket
Synonyms
- 널빤지 (neolppanji)
- 널판지 (neolpanji)
- 널판대기 (neolpandaegi)
Derived terms
- 널다리 (neoldari): wooden footbridge
- 널뛰다 (neolttwida): To play the Korean traditional seesaw, literally "to jump on the plank".
- 널뛰기 (neolttwigi): Korean acrobatic seesawing, or makeshift jumping on the plank.
- 널 판 (널 板, neol pan)
Related terms
- 너르다 (neoreuda): To be wide
- 널다 (neolda): To be wide (obsolete spelling)
- 넓다 (neolda): To be wide
See also
- 그네뛰기 (geunettwigi): swing riding
- 줄타기 (jultagi): tightrope walking
- 줄다리기 (juldarigi): tug-of-war
Etymology 2
Contraction of 너 (neo) + object suffix 를 (reul)
Pronoun
널 • (neol)
- (colloquial) you