무자맥질

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. From 물 (mul, “water”) and 자맥질 (jamaekjil, “dipping, diving”), the latter from 자맥 (*jamaek) (from 잠그— (jamgeu-, “to dip, submerge”)) and the nominalisation suffix —질 (jil, “the act of doing ...”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key)[mud͡ʑa̠me̞k̚t͡ɕ͈iɭ]
Phonetic Hangul[무자맥찔]

Revised Romanization^?	mujamaekjil
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	mujamaegjil
McCune–Reischauer^?	mujamaekchil
Yale Romanization^?	mucamaykqcil

Noun

무자맥질 • (mujamaekjil)

dipping (into water), diving, ducking

Synonyms

(abridgement) 자맥질 (jamaekjil)
잠수 (潛水, jamsu)

Derived terms

무자맥질하다 (mujamaekjilhada)

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