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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 담뵈 (Yale: tàmpwòy).
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | dambi |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | dambi |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | tambi |
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| Yale Romanization? | tampi |
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Noun
담비 • (dambi)
- a marten, particularly a yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula).
Derived terms
- 호랑이 잡아먹는 담비 (horang'i jabameongneun dambi, literally “a marten that hunts tigers”)