마리

Korean

Etymology

originally meant “head” (now 머리 (meori))

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[ma̠ɾi]
  • Phonetic Hangul[마리]
Revised Romanization? mari
Revised Romanization (translit.)? mali
McCune–Reischauer? mari
Yale Romanization? mali

Noun

마리 • (mari)

  1. animals; head (of cattle); fish
    • 한마리; 두마리; 세마리; 네마리
      hanmari; dumari; semari; nemari
      one head; two head; three head; four head
Usage notes

As with most count words (a.k.a. classifiers), 마리 (mari) is preceded by native Korean numerals.

See also
  • 시 (si, “o'clock”)
  • 시간 (sigan, “hours”)
  • 번 (beon, “times”)
  • 병 (byeong, “bottles”)
  • 살 (sal, “years”)
  • 명 (myeong, “people”)
  • 사람 (saram, “people”)
  • 분 (bun, “(honorific) people”)
  • 갑 (gap, “packs”)
  • 권 (gwon, “volumes”)
  • 개 (gae, “items, units, objects”)
  • 대 (dae, “vehicles, machines”)
  • 잔 (jan, “cupful”)
  • 장 (jang, “flat object, pieces of paper”)
  • 채 (chae, “houses”)
  • 봉지 (bongji, “paper bags”)
  • 송이 (song-i, “flowers”)
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