Korean edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Korean word from 聖母.

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋmo̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Seongmo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Seongmo
McCune–Reischauer?Sŏngmo
Yale Romanization?sēngmo

Proper noun edit

성모 (Seongmo) (hanja 聖母)

  1. Virgin Mary