순우리말

Korean

Etymology

From 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. (informal) a Korean word of native origin.
    이 단어는 순우리말로 뭐에요?
    I daneo-neun sunurimallo mwo-eyo?
    What is this word in native Korean? (a word not of foreign origin).
    Synonyms: (formal) 고유어(固有語) (goyueo), (colloquial) 한글 (han'geul)
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