느티나무

Korean edit

Etymology edit

First attested in the Gwangju cheonjamun (光州千字文 / 광주천자문), 1575, as Middle Korean 누튀 (Yale: nwuthwuy). The word 나무 (namu, “tree”) was attached in the seventeenth century, producing the modern form.

Pronunciation edit

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [nɯtʰina̠mu]
Phonetic hangul: [느티나무]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	neutinamu
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	neutinamu
McCune–Reischauer^?	nŭt'inamu
Yale Romanization^?	nu.thinamu

Noun edit

느티나무 • (neutinamu)

A zelkova tree, specifically the Japanese zelkova (Zelkova serrata).