월귀탄
Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably 월(月) (wol, “moon”, Sino-Korean affix) + 귀 (gwi, “ear”) + 탄 (tan, from Manchu ᡨᠠᠨᠠ (tana, “pearl”)).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [wʌ̹ɭɡɥitʰa̠n] ~ [wʌ̹ɭɡytʰa̠n]
- Phonetic hangul: [월귀탄]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | wolgwitan |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | wolgwitan |
| McCune–Reischauer? | wŏlgwit'an |
| Yale Romanization? | wel.kwi.than |
Noun
[edit]월귀탄 • (wolgwitan) (Hamgyong, otherwise obsolete)
Usage notes
[edit]- The term briefly spread to other dialects in the late nineteenth century, but failed to enter the standard language and was consequently forgotten.
References
[edit]- ^ 郭忠求 (2018) “국어의 만주퉁구스어·몽골어系 어휘와 그 지리적 분포 [Manchu-Tungusic and Mongolic vocabulary in Korean and its geographic distribution]”, in Jindan hakbo (in Korean), volume 131, pages 281—309