본음

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 本音, from 本 (“original”) + 音 (“pronunciation; sound”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [po̞nɯm]
• Phonetic hangul: [보늠]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	boneum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bon'eum
McCune–Reischauer?	ponŭm
Yale Romanization?	pon.um

Noun

본음 • (boneum) (hanja 本音)

1. (linguistics) original pronunciation

See also

• 속음 (俗音, sogeum, “vernacular pronunciation”)
• 정음 (正音, jeong'eum, “proper pronunciation”)