당시 제주방언에서는 사람의 손톱이나 발톱도 동물의 것을 일컫는 것과 같이 손쿱, 발쿱이라했다는 것이다.
At that time in the Jeju dialect, human fingernails and claws were also referred to as hand-heels and foot-heels, respectively, as they refer to animals.