미나리

Korean

Etymology

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 logogramic and the two later characters are phonogramic.

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

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mina̠ɾi]
• Phonetic hangul: [미나리]

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

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 미나리의 / 미나리에 / 미나리까지

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

Noun

미나리 • (minari)

1. water dropwort of species Oenanthe javanica.

Derived terms

• 독(毒)미나리 (dongminari, “northern water hemlock”)
• 산미나리 (sanminari, “ground elder”)