돈벌레
Korean
editEtymology
edit돈 (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
edit- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [to̞np͈ʌ̹ɭɭe̞]
- Phonetic hangul: [돈뻘레]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | donbeolle |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | donbeolle |
McCune–Reischauer? | tonpŏlle |
Yale Romanization? | tonqpelley |
Noun
edit돈벌레 • (donbeolle)
- (zoology) House centipede (centipedes of the family Scutigeridae)
Synonyms
edit- (house centipede): 그리마 (geurima)