말거머리

Korean

Etymology

From 말 (mal, “prefix meaning 'big'”) and 거머리 (geomeori, “leech”). Compare Chinese 馬蛭／马蛭 (mǎzhì).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[ma̠ɭɡʌ̹mʌ̹ɾi]
  • Phonetic Hangul[말거머리]
Revised Romanization? malgeomeori
Revised Romanization (translit.)? malgeomeoli
McCune–Reischauer? malgŏmŏri
Yale Romanization? malkemeli

Noun

말거머리 • (malgeomeori)

  1. horse-leech

Synonyms

  • 마질 (馬蛭, majil)
  • 마황 (馬蟥, mahwang)
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