먹
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| 머먹먺먻먼먽먾 먿멀멁멂멃멄멅 멆멇멈멉멊멋멌 멍멎멏멐멑멒멓 | |
| 먜 ← | → 메 |
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Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in the Neung'eomgyeong eonhae (楞嚴經諺解 / 능엄경언해), 1461, as Middle Korean 먹 (Yale: mek).
From Old Chinese 墨 (OC *mlɯːɡ, “inkstick”), an ancient pre-Sino-Korean borrowing (Lee and Ramsey 2011, p. 76). The Sino-Korean reading is 묵 (墨, muk).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [mʌ̹k̚]
- Phonetic hangul: [먹]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | meok |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | meog |
| McCune–Reischauer? | mŏk |
| Yale Romanization? | mek |
Noun
[edit]먹 • (meok)
- inkstick
- (before certain nouns) pitch-black