상어

Korean

Etymology

Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 사어 (沙魚/鯊魚, sa'eo). Note that Middle Chinese 魚 (MC ngjo) had the consonant /ŋ-/ as an initial, and 상어 (sang'eo) is rather 사(沙) / 사(鯊) (sa) + ᆼ (ng) + 어(魚) (eo), which preserves the initial Middle Chinese consonant.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sang'eo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sang'eo
McCune–Reischauer?sangŏ
Yale Romanization?sange

Noun

상어 • (sang'eo) (counter 마리)

  1. shark

Synonyms

Derived terms

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