메
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| 메멕멖멗멘멙멚 멛멜멝멞멟멠멡 멢멣멤멥멦멧멨 멩멪멫멬멭멮멯 | |
| 머 ← | → 며 |
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Korean
Etymology 1
Delabialized from 뫼 (moe, “mountain”). See there for more.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [me̞]
- Phonetic hangul: [메]
| Romanizations | |
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| Revised Romanization? | me |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | me |
| McCune–Reischauer? | me |
| Yale Romanization? | mey |
Noun
메 • (me)
Prefix
메— • (me-)
Derived terms
- 멧닭 (metdak, “black grouse”)
- 멧돼지 (metdwaeji, “wild boar”)
- 멧비둘기 (metbidulgi, “oriental turtle dove”)
Etymology 2
First attested in the Sohak eonhae (小學諺解 / 소학언해), 1586, as Middle Korean 뫼 (Yale: mwoy). Compare Middle Chinese 米 (MC mejX) (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).
Noun
메 • (me)
- a sacrificial offering of cooked rice
- cooked rice
- (speech of the royal court) rice
Alternative forms
- 뫼 (moe) (obsolete)