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미나리

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Etymology

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First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 미나리〮 (Yale: mìnàlí), if only Hangul attestations are considered. If Sinographic forms are taken into account, first attested as 水乃立 in the 1236 Hyangyak gugeupbang (鄕藥救急方 / 향약구급방), where the first character is logogrammatic and the latter two characters are phonogrammatic.

The word is from Middle Korean cranberry morpheme (Yale: mi) + 나리 (Yale: nali, “lily”). The first element means "water" per the Hyangyak gugeupbang, thus it is often connected to Japanese (mi-, water, prefix).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?minari
Revised Romanization (translit.)?minali
McCune–Reischauer?minari
Yale Romanization?minali

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 리의 / 미리에 / 미리까지

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on the second syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

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미나리 (minari)

  1. water dropwort of species Oenanthe javanica.

Derived terms

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