누에

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Hunmin jeongeum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 누에 (nwuWey). Compare Northern Gyeongsang 누베 (nube)[1] and also Jeju 누웨 (nuwe), 누에 (nue).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[nue̞]
  • Phonetic Hangul[누에]
Revised Romanization? nue
Revised Romanization (translit.)? nue
McCune–Reischauer? nue
Yale Romanization? nwuey

Noun

누에 • (nue)

  1. silkworm

References
  1. Jaehoon Yeon, Korean Dialects: a general survey, p. 4.
  2. 제주어사전 (濟州語辭典), [Dictionary of the Jeju Language], , p. 188.
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