송어

Korean

송어

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 松魚. From 송 (松, song, “pine tree”) + 어 (漁, eo, “fish”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰo̞ŋʌ̹]
• Phonetic hangul: [송어]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	song'eo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	song'eo
McCune–Reischauer?	songŏ
Yale Romanization?	songe

Noun

송어 • (song'eo) (hanja 松魚)

1. The masu or masu salmon, Onchorhynchus masou masou.

Synonyms

• 쪼고리 (jjogori)
• 산천어 (sancheoneo)

Derived terms

• 무지개송어 (mujigaesong'eo, “rainbow trout”)
• 홍송어 (紅‒, hongsong'eo, “whitespotted char”)

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 22 (last accessed)) “송어 [song'eo]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎^[1]
• 김, 익수 with 박종영 (2002) “송어”, in 한국의 민물고기, Seoul: Kyo-Hak Publishing, →ISBN, page 281