에멜무지로

Korean

Etymology

에멜무지 (emelmuji, meaning unknown, possibly corruption of some Chinese chengyu) +‎ 로 (ro, “with”, instrumental particle). The etymology is highly unusual for an ideophone.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [e̞me̞ɭmud͡ʑiɾo̞]
Phonetic hangul: [에멜무지로]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	emelmujiro
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	emelmujilo
McCune–Reischauer^?	emelmujiro
Yale Romanization^?	eymeyl.mucilo

Ideophone

에멜무지로 • (emelmujiro)

loosely
without wishing for a result; tentatively