방아

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠ŋa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [방아]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bang'a
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bang'a
McCune–Reischauer?	panga
Yale Romanization?	panga

Noun

방아 • (bang'a)

1. mill (apparatus)

Derived terms

prefixes

• 방아공이 (bang'agong'i, “pestle, pounder”)
• 방아꾼 (bang'akkun, “miller”)
• 방아두레박 (bang'adurebak, “shaft or sweep drawing bucket”)
• 방아쇠 (bang'asoe, “trigger”)
• 방아품 (bang'apum, “milling service”)
• 방아확 (bang'ahwak, “hollow of mortar”)
• 방앗간 (bang'atgan, “mill (building)”)

suffixes

• 디딜방아 (didilbang'a, “treadmill”)
• 물레방아 (mullebang'a, “watermill”)
• 물방아 (mulbang'a, “watermill”)
• 바람방아 (barambang'a, “windmill”)

See also

Verbs

• 갈다 (galda, “to mill, to grind”)
• 빻다 (ppata, “to mill, to pound”)
• 찧다 (jjita, “to mill, to pound”)

Nouns

• 절구 (jeolgu, “mortar”)
• 절구통 (jeolgutong, “mortar drum (made of stone or wood)”)
• 매 (mae, “millstone, mortar”)
• 매통 (maetong, “mortar drum (made of wood in particular)”)
• 맷돌 (maetdol, “millstone”)