남루

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 襤褸 (“rags, shreds, scraps”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈna̠(ː)mnu]
  • Phonetic hangul: [남(ː)누]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?namnu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?namlu
McCune–Reischauer?namnu
Yale Romanization?nāmlwu

Noun

남루 • (namnu) (hanja 襤褸)

  1. rags, shreds, scraps

Derived terms

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