머루

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 멀위 (Yale: mèlGwùy).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mʌ̹ɾu]
• Phonetic hangul: [머루]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	meoru
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	meolu
McCune–Reischauer?	mŏru
Yale Romanization?	melwu

Noun

머루 • (meoru)

1. wild grape, (obsolete) grape

Synonyms

• 산(山)머루 (sanmeoru, “wild grape”)
• 산포도(山葡萄) (sanpodo, “wild grape”)
• 포도(葡萄) (podo, “grape”)

Derived terms

• 산(山)머루 (sanmeoru, “wild grape”)
• 왕(王)머루 (wangmeoru, “Amur grape”)

 

See also

• 송이 (song'i, “(fruit) bunch, cluster”)
• 덤불 (deombul, “bush, shrub, thicket”)
• 덩굴 (deonggul, “vine”)
• 오디 (odi, “mulberry fruit”)
• 검은딸기 (geomeunttalgi, “blackberry”)
• 나무딸기 (namuttalgi, “raspberry; blackberry”)
• 멍덕딸기 (meongdeokttalgi, “raspberry; blackberry”)
• 산(山)딸기 (santtalgi, “wild berry”)