말똥구리
Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Myobeopyeonhwagyeong eonhae (妙法蓮華經諺解 / 묘법연화경언해), 1463, as Middle Korean ᄆᆞᆯᄯᆞᆼ구우리 (molstongkwuwuli).
Possibly a compound of 말똥 (malttong, “horse faeces”) (itself from 말 (mal, “horse”) and 똥 (ttong, “faeces”)) and the verb 구르— (gureu-) / 굴— (gul-, “to roll”), with a nominalisation agent suffix —이 (i, “the thing which ...”), i.e. literally, "a horse faeces roller".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key)[ma̠ɭt͈o̞ŋɡuɾi]
- Phonetic Hangul[말똥구리]
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Synonyms
- 쇠똥구리 (soettongguri) / 소똥구리 (sottongguri, “literally, a 'cow faeces roller'”)
- 쇠똥벌레 (soettongbeolle)
- 강랑 (蜣蜋, gangnang)
- 길강 (蛣蜣, gilgang)
- 퇴환 (推丸, toehwan)
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