말뿌리

Korean

Etymology

From 말 (mal, “word”) +‎ 뿌리 (ppuri, “root”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈma̠(ː)ɭp͈uɾi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [말(ː)뿌리]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?malppuri
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mal'ppuli
McCune–Reischauer?malppuri
Yale Romanization?māl.ppuli

Noun

말뿌리 • (malppuri)

  1. (North Korea) root (of a word).

Synonyms

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