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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 엿귀 (Yale: yes.kwuy).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | yeokkwi |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | yeo'kkwi |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | yŏkkwi |
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| Yale Romanization? | ye.kkwi |
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Noun
여뀌 • (yeokkwi)
- knotweed
Derived terms
- 개여뀌 (gaeyeokkwi, “long-bristled smartweed, Persicaria longiseta”)
- 기생여뀌 (妓生--, gisaeng'yeokkwi, Persicaria viscosa)
- 이삭여뀌 (isagyeokkwi, “Asian jumpseed, Persicaria filiformis”)
- 털여뀌 (teoryeokkwi, “kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, Persicaria orientalis”)
- 흰꽃여뀌 (huinkkocheokkwi, Persicaria japonica)
- 흰여뀌 (huinyeokkwi, “pale persicaria, Persicaria lapathifolia”)