물텀벙이

Korean

Etymology

물 (mul, “water”) +‎ 텀벙 (teombeong, “tumble”, onomatopoeia) +‎ -이 (-i, noun-deriving suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [muɭtʰʌ̹mbʌ̹ŋi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [물텀벙이]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?multeombeong'i
Revised Romanization (translit.)?multeombeong'i
McCune–Reischauer?mult'ŏmbŏngi
Yale Romanization?mul.thempengi

Noun

물텀벙이 • (multeombeong'i)

  1. (dialectal, coastal Seoul) monkfish
    물텀벙이가 너무 못생겨서 증말 못 먹갔어. (Gyeonggi, Gimpo)
    Multeombeong'iga neomu motsaenggyeoseo jeungmal mot meokgasseo.
    Because Monkfish are so ugly, I can't really can't eat them.
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