무자맥질

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. From 물 (mul, “water”) and 자맥질 (jamaekjil, “dipping, diving”), the latter from 자맥 (*jamaek) (from 잠그— (jamgeu-, “to dip, submerge”)) and the nominalisation suffix —질 (-jil, “the act of doing ...”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mud͡ʑa̠mɛk̚t͡ɕ͈iɭ] ~ [mud͡ʑa̠me̞k̚t͡ɕ͈iɭ]
Phonetic hangul: [무자맥찔/무자멕찔]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	mujamaekjil
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	mujamaegjil
McCune–Reischauer^?	mujamaekchil
Yale Romanization^?	mucamaykcil

Noun

무자맥질 • (mujamaekjil)

dipping (into water), diving, ducking

Synonyms

(abridgement) 자맥질 (jamaekjil)
잠수 (潛水, jamsu)

Derived terms

무자맥질하다 (mujamaekjilhada)