메아리

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 뫼ᅀᅡ리 (mwōyzari).

Compound of 뫼 (mwōy) → 메 (me, “mountain”), 살— (sāl-, “to live”) and —이 (i, suffix deriving a noun).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[me̞a̠ɾi]
  • Phonetic Hangul[메아리]
Revised Romanization? meari
Revised Romanization (translit.)? meali
McCune–Reischauer? meari
Yale Romanization? meyali

Noun

메아리 • (meari)

  1. echo (a reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer)

Synonyms
  • 산울림 (山—, sanullim)

References
  1. 다음 국어사전‎, accessed 2018-11-03
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