Korean edit

Etymology edit

의태 (擬態, uitae, “mimicry”) + (, eo, “word”)

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?uitaeeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?uitaeeo
McCune–Reischauer?ŭit'aeŏ
Yale Romanization?uy.thay.e

Noun edit

의태어 (uitaeeo) (hanja 擬態語)

  1. (linguistics) mimetic word; imitative word; ideophone