메

메

메 U+BA54, 메 HANGUL SYLLABLE ME Composition: ㅁ + ㅔ Dubeolsik input: a-p ← 멓 [U+BA53] Hangul Syllables 멕 → [U+BA55]

Korean

Etymology 1

메멕멖멗멘멙멚 멛멜멝멞멟멠멡 멢멣멤멥멦멧멨 멩멪멫멬멭멮멯
머 ←	→ 며

Syllable

메 • (me)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅁ and ㅔ.

Etymology 2

Delabialized from 뫼 (moe, “mountain, tomb”).First attested in the Hunmin jeongeum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446 as Middle Korean 뫼 (mwōy) (connective form 묗 (mwōyh)), from Old Korean *moro[1] (cf. 모로 (mworwo) as in "椵山 피모로" mentioned in the Yongbi eocheonga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가) (1447) and Old Japanese borrowed words for Korean toponyms 山 (むれ, ​mure) and 山 (もろ, ​moro) as in "帶山城 (しとろもろのさし, ​Shitoromoro no sashi)" mentioned in the Nihon Shoki (720)).

Compare 모롱이 (morong-i, “place where curled back at the corner of mountain”).

Possibly the same root as 마루 (maru) and 마당 (madang).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[me̞]
• Phonetic Hangul[메]

Revised Romanization? me Revised Romanization (translit.)? me McCune–Reischauer? me Yale Romanization? mey

Noun

메 • (me)

1. mountain, hill
2. bindweed

   Synonym: 메꽃 (mekkot)

Prefix

메 • (me)

1. of the mountains; thus "wild"

Alternative forms

• 멧 (met)

Derived terms

• 멧돼지 (metdwaeji): wild boar
• 멧닭 (metdak): black grouse

Etymology 3

First attested in the Sohak eonhae (小學諺解 / 소학언해), 1585, as Middle Korean 뫼 (mwoy).

Noun

메 • (me)

1. a sacrificial offering of cooked rice
2. cooked rice

Alternative forms

• 뫼 (moe)

References

1. Rei Fukui (2018-03-30) 小倉進平『朝鮮語方言の研究』所載資料による言語地図とその解釈―第２集‎, 東京大学人文社会系研究科 韓国朝鮮文化研究室, page 5-8

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2006-12-30), “메”, in 표준국어대사전‎
• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2006-12-30), “메”, in 표준국어대사전‎
• Seo Jeong-beom (서정범) (2000), “뫼”, in 國語語原辭典, Seoul: Bogosa Books, pages 262-263