마리
Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally identical to 머리 (meori, “head”), its yang-vowel analogue. This is one of a number of Korean yang-yin vowel pairs which were originally one word with two connected but different meanings, leading to speakers using vowels to differentiate between the two meanings. See also 살 (sal, “age”) and 설 (seol, “Lunar New Year”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ma̠ɾi]
- Phonetic hangul: [마리]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | mari |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | mali |
| McCune–Reischauer? | mari |
| Yale Romanization? | mali |
Counter
[edit]마리 • (mari)
Usage notes
[edit]As with most count words (a.k.a. classifiers), 마리 (mari) is preceded by native Korean numerals.
See also
[edit]Other Korean counters:
More information
- 시 (si, “o'clock”)
- 시간 (sigan, “hours”)
- 번 (beon, “times”)
- 병 (byeong, “bottles”)
- 살 (sal, “years”)
- 명 (myeong, “people”)
- 사람 (saram, “people”)
- 분 (bun, “(honorific) people”)
- 갑 (gap, “packs”)
- 권 (gwon, “volumes”)
- 개 (gae, “items, units, objects”)
- 대 (dae, “vehicles, machines”)
- 잔 (jan, “cupful”)
- 장 (jang, “flat object, pieces of paper”)
- 채 (chae, “houses”)
- 봉지 (bongji, “paper bags”)
- 송이 (song'i, “flowers”)