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kkoktu

kkoktu noun: a Korean funerary figure believed to protect, serve and care for the deceased in the immediate afterlife.

Noun

kkoktu (plural kkoktu)

  1. A Korean funerary figure believed to protect, serve and care for the deceased in the immediate afterlife.
    • The brightly colored replica also gives an idea of how the kkoktu would have looked when they were new and makes clear how much effort went into constructing a bier.2007 August 17, Martha Schwendener, “Korea’s Extraordinary Send-Offs for Ordinary People”, in New York Times

Forms of kkoktu

pluralkkoktu

Origin of kkoktu

Borrowed from Korean 꼭두 (kkokdu).

Questions about kkoktu

What does kkoktu mean?
Kkoktu means a Korean funerary figure believed to protect, serve and care for the deceased in the immediate afterlife.
What part of speech is kkoktu?
Kkoktu is a noun.
What is the plural of kkoktu?
The plural of kkoktu is kkoktu.

Words near kkoktu in the dictionary

  1. KKK
  2. KKKanada
  3. KKKer
  4. KKKers
  5. KKKonfederate
  6. kkoktu
  7. KKR
  8. kkwaenggwari
  9. KL
  10. kl.
  11. KL5

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