열매
Korean
Etymology
From Early Modern Korean 열ᄆᆡ (yelmoy), 열매 (yelmay).
DisplacedMiddle Korean 여름〮 (yèlúm, “fruit”), a nominalization of 열〯다〮 (yěltá, “to ripen”), due to normal sound changes transforming 녀름〮 (nyèlúm, “summer”) into the homophone 여름 (yelum, “summer”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [jʌ̹ɭmɛ] ~ [jʌ̹ɭme̞]
- Phonetic hangul: [열매/열메]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | yeolmae |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | yeolmae |
McCune–Reischauer? | yŏlmae |
Yale Romanization? | yel.may |
Noun
열매 • (yeolmae)
- (also figuratively) fruit
See also
- 果 (gwa), 實 (sil), hanja for "fruit"
References
- “여름열매”, in 온라인가나다, 국립국어원, 2016 May 16