Korean

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Etymology

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(bal, foot) +‎ (-s-, genitive interfix; omitted from the spelling, but this causes the tense phonation of the following consonant) +‎ 소리 (sori, sound).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?balsori
Revised Romanization (translit.)?balsoli
McCune–Reischauer?palssori
Yale Romanization?palqsoli

Noun

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발소리 (balsori)

  1. the sound of footsteps