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Korean
Etymology
돈 (don, “money”) + 벌레 (beolle, “bug”)
Folk belief in Korea holds that a family that lives in a house with house centipedes in it will become rich.
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | donbeolle |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | donbeolle |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | tonpŏlle |
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| Yale Romanization? | tonqpelley |
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Noun
돈벌레 • (donbeolle)
- (zoology) house centipede (centipedes of the family Scutigeridae)
Synonyms
- (house centipede): 그리마 (geurima)