Korean

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Etymology

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From Early Mandarin 蜀黍 (shǔshǔ).

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 슈슈 (Yale: syusyu).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?susu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?susu
McCune–Reischauer?susu
Yale Romanization?swuswu

Noun

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수수 (susu)

  1. sorghum