이팝나무

Korean

Flowers of the Chinese fringetree

Etymology

From 이팝 (ipap, “plain boiled rice”) +‎ 나무 (namu, “tree”), due to the resemblance of the flowers to grains of white rice.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈi(ː)pʰa̠mna̠mu]
• Phonetic hangul: [이(ː)팜나무]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ipamnamu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ipabnamu
McCune–Reischauer?	ip'amnamu
Yale Romanization?	ī.phapnamu

Noun

이팝나무 • (ipamnamu)

1. Chinese fringetree (Chionanthus retusus)