Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 語根, from (word) + (root)

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɘ(ː)ɡɯn]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eogeun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eogeun
McCune–Reischauer?ŏgŭn
Yale Romanization?ēkun

Noun

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어근 (eogeun) (hanja 語根)

  1. (linguistics) root