옥수수
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Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Partial calque from Early Mandarin 玉蜀黍 (yùshǔshǔ), from 옥(玉) (ok, “jade”) + 수수 (susu, “sorghum”, from Mandarin 蜀黍 (shǔshǔ)).
First attested in the Yeogeo yuhae (譯語類解 / 역어유해), 1690, as Early Modern Korean 옥슈슈 (Yale: oksyusyu).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [o̞ks͈usʰu]
- Phonetic hangul: [옥쑤수]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | oksusu |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | ogsusu |
McCune–Reischauer? | oksusu |
Yale Romanization? | ok.swuswu |
Noun
[edit]옥수수 • (oksusu)
Synonyms
[edit]- 강냉이 (gangnaeng'i) (North Korea, Jeolla & Gyeongsang)
See also
[edit]- 닉스타말화 (nikseutamalhwa)
Categories:
- Korean terms partially calqued from Early Mandarin
- Korean terms derived from Early Mandarin
- Korean compound terms
- Korean terms inherited from Early Modern Korean
- Korean terms derived from Early Modern Korean
- Korean terms with IPA pronunciation
- Korean lemmas
- Korean nouns
- ko:Andropogoneae tribe grasses
- ko:Grains
- ko:Vegetables