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매다

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Korean homi,[1] similar to the hoe
A hoe, two-handed, used for digging rows
Roman: maeda
Verb [2] [3]
  1. 논밭에 난 잡풀을 뽑다.
    to weed (unwanted grasses out of a cultivated area) [4]
Relatives
  • 호미 {homi, "hoe") [5] cf. w: Homi
  • 김 (gim, "weed, unwanted grass")
  • 잡풀 (jabpul, "weed, unwanted grass")
  • 잡초 (jabcho, "weed, unwanted grass")
Comparatives
  • mow @ Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary
    to cut down with a scythe or sickle or machine;
    to cut the standing herbage (as grass) of.
  • mow @ Collins Concise Dictionary
    to cut down (grass, crops, etc.), with a hand equipment or machine;
    to cut down the growing vegetation of (a field, lawn, etc.).
mow #Translations
Germanic
Norse
hoe #Translations
  • Danish: hakke
  • Dutch: hak
  • English: hoe
  • French: houe
  • German: Hacke [7]
  • Norwegian: hakke
  • Swedish: hacka
  1. Like the hoe, this can be used for digging rows, but primarily designed for weeding, hence one-handed. Another hand is to handle grass! Such is the case with the sickle, which is handled by one hand while the long grass by another. What a division of labor!
  2. https://ko.dict.naver.com/#/search?query=매다
  3. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/매다
  4. In Contrast, to mow is to "cut down" outgrown grass, hence the idiom mow down.
  5. This is much more than a mere weeding tool.
  6. To cut down grass
  7. cf. Harke "rake"