메뚜기

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Korean

메뚜기 짝짓기

Etymology

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 묏도〮기〮 (Yale: mwòys.twókí).

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?mettugi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?me'ttugi
McCune–Reischauer?mettugi
Yale Romanization?mey.ttwuki

Noun

메뚜기 (mettugi)

  1. (literally, "meadow hopper") short-horned grasshopper, locust
    메뚜기도 한 철.
    mettugi-do han cheol.
    Grasshoppers have a best season.

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