돈벌레

Korean

Etymology

돈 (don, “money”) +‎ 벌레 (beolle, “bug”)

Folk belief in Korea holds that a family that lives in a house with house centipedes in it will become rich.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [to̞np͈ʌ̹ɭɭe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [돈뻘레]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	donbeolle
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	donbeolle
McCune–Reischauer?	tonpŏlle
Yale Romanization?	tonqpelley

Noun

돈벌레 • (donbeolle)

1. (zoology) House centipede (centipedes of the family Scutigeridae)

Synonyms

• (house centipede): 그리마 (geurima)