문어

Korean edit

Etymology 1 edit

Etymology unclear. Possibly from 민 (min-, “bare; unadorned”, prefix) +‎ 어(魚) (eo, “fish”, Sino-Korean morpheme). Later transliterated to 文魚 (文魚, literally “literary fish”).

Pronunciation edit

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [munʌ̹]
Phonetic hangul: [무너]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	muneo
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	mun'eo
McCune–Reischauer^?	munŏ
Yale Romanization^?	mun.e

Noun edit

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문어

Wikipedia ^ko

문어 • (muneo) (hanja 文魚)

(zoology) octopus

Derived terms edit

문어과(文魚科) (muneogwa)
문어목(文魚目) (muneomok)

Etymology 2 edit

Sino-Korean word from 文語.

Pronunciation edit

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [munʌ̹]
Phonetic hangul: [무너]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	muneo
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	mun'eo
McCune–Reischauer^?	munŏ
Yale Romanization^?	mun.e

Noun edit

Korean Wikipedia has an article on:

문어 (언어)

Wikipedia ^ko

문어 • (muneo) (hanja 文語)

written language; literary language
Antonym: 구어(口語) (gueo)

Derived terms edit

문어문(文語文) (muneomun)
문어체(文語體) (muneoche)

Etymology 3 edit

Sino-Korean word from 問語.

Pronunciation edit

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈmu(ː)nʌ̹]
Phonetic hangul: [무(ː)너]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	muneo
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	mun'eo
McCune–Reischauer^?	munŏ
Yale Romanization^?	mūn.e

Noun edit

문어 • (muneo) (hanja 問語)

(military) sign (challenge)
Coordinate term: 답어(答語) (dabeo, “countersign”)