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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 密祖 (Yale: *micwo).
In the hangul script, first attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 며주〮 (Yale: myècwú).
Likely related to Manchu ᠮᡳᠰᡠᠨ (misun, “thick sauce, paste”) and Japanese 味噌 (miso, “fermented soybean paste”); Alexander Vovin assumes both are direct borrowings from Early Old Korean.
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | meju |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | meju |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | meju |
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| Yale Romanization? | meycwu |
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Noun
메주 • (meju)
- (cooking) block of fermented beans, used to make doenjang