돕다
dopda · TOPIK 1
to help, to assist
🤝 dop sounds like prop: to help is to prop someone up
The stem 돕 (dop) rhymes with prop, and helping is propping someone up. It is a ㅂ-irregular verb: the ㅂ softens to 우/오 before a vowel, giving 도와요 (dowayo) and the noun 도움 (doum), help.