雪濃湯

Korean

Etymology

Hanja in this word
雪	濃	湯

From 雪 (snow) + 濃 (thick, strong, concentrated) + 湯 (soup); from the soup's whitish, cloudy appearance and concentrated flavor. Apparently a corruption of the original name, 선농탕 (seonnongtang, “soup of the venerated farmer”, 先農湯).

Pronunciation

• IPA: sʌlloŋtʰaŋ
• Phonetic hangul: 설롱탕

Romanization

Revised	seollongtang
McCune–Reischauer	sŏllongt'ang	Yale	senlongthang

Noun

Wikipedia

雪濃湯 (hangeul 설농탕)

1. (archaic) seolleongtang, a Korean soup made from ox or beef bones, meat, and other seasonings.

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror), "雪濃湯 ", 표준국어대사전. URL accessed on 2007-01-19.
• "어원을 찾아서: 설렁탕", 우리말 사랑집. URL accessed on 2007-01-20.