머툰ᄂᆞᄅᆞ

Middle Korean

Alternative forms

麻屯津 (the hanja form, the first two characters phonogramic and the third logogramic)

Etymology

The second element is ᄂᆞᄅᆞ (nòlò, “ford”), but the first element is unclear. It appears to be the realis adnominal form, with modulator present, of the verb or adjective *멑다 (meth-ta), but no such word is known in Middle Korean or any modern dialect. Alternatively, 머툰〮 (mèthún) may be a single morpheme, although it is still undecipherable.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mətʰunnʌlʌ/

Proper noun

머툰〮ᄂᆞᄅᆞ (Mèthúnnòlò)

a ford across the lower Taedong River near Pyongyang

References

최범훈 [choebeomhun] (1983) “龍(용)飛(비)御(어)天(천)歌(가)의 正(정)音(음)表(표)記(기) 固(고)有(유)名(명)詞(사)硏(연)究(구)(2)”, in Han'guk eoneo munhak, volume 21, pages 419—441
조규태 [jogyutae] (2006) “용비어천가 주해 속의 우리말 어휘에 대하여 [yongbieocheon'ga juhae sogui urimal eohwie daehayeo]”, in Eomunhak, volume 92, pages 117—158