능금

Korean

Etymology

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Particularly: “nativisation of 임금(林檎)? namu.wiki states it‘s derived from 임금(林檎) but the pronunciation was changed to differentiate from 임금(king)”

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [nɯŋɡɯm]
Phonetic hangul: [능금]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	neunggeum
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	neunggeum
McCune–Reischauer^?	nŭnggŭm
Yale Romanization^?	nungkum

Noun

능금 • (neunggeum)

The fruit of the Chinese pearleaf crabapple.

Derived terms

능금나무 (neunggeumnamu, “Chinese pearleaf crabapple”)