젖먹이

젖먹이

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. From 젖 (jeot, “milk”) + 먹— (meok-, “to eat”) + —이 (i, agent suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[t͡ɕʌ̹nmʌ̹ɡi]
• Phonetic Hangul[전머기]

Revised Romanization? jeonmeogi Revised Romanization (translit.)? jeojmeog-i McCune–Reischauer? chŏnmŏgi Yale Romanization? cecmek.i

Noun

젖먹이 • (jeonmeogi)

1. nursing baby; unweaned baby

Synonyms

• 유아 (乳兒, yua)