낱말

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. From 낱 (nat, “unit, piece”) + 말 (mal, “talk, language”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈna̠(ː)nma̠ɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [난(ː)말]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?nanmal
Revised Romanization (translit.)?natmal
McCune–Reischauer?nanmal
Yale Romanization?nāthmal

Noun

낱말 • (nanmal)

  1. word; part of speech
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