메뚜기

메뚜기

메뚜기 짝짓기

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 묏도기 (mwoys.twoki).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[me̞t͈uɡi]
• Phonetic Hangul[메뚜기]

Revised Romanization? mettugi Revised Romanization (translit.)? mettugi McCune–Reischauer? mettugi Yale Romanization? meyttwuki

Noun

메뚜기 • (mettugi)

1. (literally, "meadow hopper") short-horned grasshopper, locust

   메뚜기도 한 철.

   Mettugido han cheol.

   Grasshoppers have a best season.

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) 묏도기 (moetdogi)

Antonyms

• 여치 (yeochi): long-horned grasshopper, bush cricket, katydid
• 방아깨비 (bang-akkaebi): long-horned grasshopper, bush cricket, katydid
• 베짱이 (bejjang-i): long-horned grasshopper, bush cricket, katydid

Derived terms

• 벼메뚜기 (byeomettugi): paddy locust

See also

• 귀뚜라미 (gwitturami): cricket