순우리말

Korean

Etymology

순(純) (sun, “pure”) +‎ 우리말 (urimal, “the Korean language”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sunurimal
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sun'ulimal
McCune–Reischauer?sunurimal
Yale Romanization?swun.wulimal

Noun

순우리말 • (sunurimal)

  1. (colloquial) a Korean word of native origin
    Synonyms: (formal) 고유어(固有語) (goyueo), (colloquial) 한글 (han'geul)
    이 단어는 순우리말로 뭐예요? ― i daneo-neun sunurimal-lo mwo-yeyo? ― What is this word in native Korean? (a word not of foreign origin).
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