밀어

Korean

Etymology

Hanja compound 密魚, literally "tight fish." From 밀 (密, mil, “tight or secretive”) + 어 (魚, eo, “fish”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[miɾʌ̹]
  • Phonetic Hangul[미러]
Revised Romanization? mireo
Revised Romanization (translit.)? mil-eo
McCune–Reischauer? mirŏ
Yale Romanization? mil.e

Noun

밀어 • (mireo) (hanja 密魚)

  1. The common freshwater goby, Rhinogobius brunneus.

References

  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-01-22), “밀어”, in 표준국어대사전‎
  • 김, 익수; 박종영 (2002), “밀어”, in 한국의 민물고기, Seoul: Kyo-Hak Publishing, →ISBN, page 376
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