낱말

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. From (nat, unit, piece) +‎ (mal, talk, language).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

낱말 • (nanmal)

  1. word; part of speech