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Korean
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | yudu |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | yudu |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | yudu |
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| Yale Romanization? | yutwu |
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Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 流頭
Alternative forms
Noun
유두 • (yudu) (hanja 流頭)
- a midsummer festival of obsolete Korean tradition held on the 15th of June of the lunar calendar. Remarkably, people washed their hair in rivers especially flowing eastward, hence the name.
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Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 乳頭, from 乳 (“breast”) + 頭 (“head”)
Noun
유두 • (yudu) (hanja 乳頭)
- (anatomy) nipple