대모

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 玳瑁, 瑇瑁, from Chinese 玳瑁.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)mo̞] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)mo̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [대(ː)모/데(ː)모]
    • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?daemo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?daemo
McCune–Reischauer?taemo
Yale Romanization?tāymo

Noun

대모 • (daemo) (hanja 玳瑁, 瑇瑁)

  1. a hawksbill sea turtle
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