연어

Korean
연어

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[jʌ̹nʌ̹]
  • Phonetic Hangul[여너]
Revised Romanization? yeoneo
Revised Romanization (translit.)? yeon-eo
McCune–Reischauer? yŏnŏ
Yale Romanization? yen.e

Etymology 1

Probably from 년어, 년 (year) + 어 (fish)

Noun

연어 • (yeoneo)

  1. salmon (fish)
  2. The chum salmon, Onchorhynchus keta.
References
  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-01-22), “연어”, in 표준국어대사전‎
  • 김, 익수; 박종영 (2002), “연어”, in 한국의 민물고기, Seoul: Kyo-Hak Publishing, ISBN 89-09-07175-3, page 278

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 連語, from 連 (“join”) + 語 (“word”)

Noun

연어 • (yeoneo) (hanja 連語)

  1. (linguistics) collocation
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