고유어

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 固有 (“inherent”) + 語 (“word”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞juʌ̹]
• Phonetic hangul: [고유어]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	goyueo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	goyueo
McCune–Reischauer?	koyuŏ
Yale Romanization?	ko.yue

Noun

고유어 • (goyueo) (hanja 固有語)

1. (linguistics) a word that is part of a language's native vocabulary

   Synonyms: (both colloquial) 순우리말 (sunurimal), 한글 (han'geul)

Derived terms

• 고유어화(固有語化) (goyueohwa, “nativization”)