대모

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Korean

 대모 on Korean Wikipedia

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 玳瑁, 瑇瑁, from Chinese 玳瑁 (dàimào).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): ~
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?daemo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?daemo
McCune–Reischauer?taemo
Yale Romanization?tāymo

Noun

대모 (daemo) (hanja 玳瑁, 瑇瑁)

  1. a hawksbill sea turtle