유두

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Korean

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Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yudu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yudu
McCune–Reischauer?yudu
Yale Romanization?yutwu

Etymology 1

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Sino-Korean word from 流頭

Alternative forms

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Noun

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유두 (yudu) (hanja 流頭)

  1. a midsummer festival of obsolete Korean tradition held on the 15th of June of the lunar calendar. Remarkably, people washed their hair in rivers especially flowing eastward, hence the name.
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Etymology 2

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Sino-Korean word from 乳頭, from (breast) + (head)

Noun

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유두 (yudu) (hanja 乳頭)

  1. (anatomy) nipple