Korean

Noun

엄니 • ‎(eomni)

1. a long, pointed tooth, canine or fang of beasts of prey or serpents, as well as tusk of elephants, mammoths, walruses, wild boars, etc.

Synonyms

Related terms

• 엄 (eom, “molar”) (obsolete) ^[2]
• 니 (ni, “tooth”) (archaic, now suffixal)
• 이 (i, “tooth”) (for standalone)

See also

• 어금니 (eogeumni, “molar”)

External links

• fang on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• tusk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

fangs of a cat

tusks of walruses

References

1. ↑ 월인석보 (月印釋譜, worinseokbo)
2. ↑ This sememe, literally meaning "molar", is etymologically puzzling.