번데기

      Korean

      Etymology

      First attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as 본도기 (Yale: pwontwoki).

      Pronunciation

      Romanization

      Revised

      beondegi

      transliteration

      beondegi
      McCune–Reischauer

      pŏndegi

      Yale

      penteyki

      Noun

      번데기 (beondegi)

      1. A pupa or pupae.
      2. A snack food composed of roasted silkworm pupae

      • 번데기 (beondegi, “pupa”)

      • 번데기 (beondegi, “pupae”)

      • 번데기 (beondegi, “snack”)

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