메기

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Etymology

First attested in the Beonyeok Bak Tongsa (飜譯朴通事 / 번역박통사), before 1517, as Middle Korean 메유기 (Yale: meyyuki).

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?megi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?megi
McCune–Reischauer?megi
Yale Romanization?mēyki

Noun

메기 • (megi)

  1. catfish, especially the Amur catfish (Silurus asotus).

Derived terms

Related terms

  • 미유기 (miyugi, “Far Eastern catfish”)

References

  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 22 (last accessed)) “메기 [megi]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎
  • 김, 익수 with 박종영 (2002) “메기 [megi]”, in 한국의 민물고기 [han'gugui minmulgogi], Seoul: Kyo-Hak Publishing, →ISBN, page 247
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