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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

지팡이

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jipangi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cane/keɪn/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 지팡이를 짚고 걸었습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A short stick used as a walking aid or for punishment.

    "The elderly gentleman relied on his wooden cane to maintain his balance."
  2. 2

    The hollow or solid jointed stem of a tall grass, especially bamboo, rattan, or sugar cane.

    "He walked with a polished rattan cane that he bought during his travels."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French 'cangne', ultimately from Latin 'canna' and Greek 'kanna', tracing back to Semitic origins meaning a reed or stalk. Historically, the term evolved to describe both the hollow jointed stem of tall grasses and walking sticks, including those traditionally fashioned from rattan imported via Southeast Asian ports like Malacca.

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