벼룩

Korean
벼룩

Etymology

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 벼록〮 (Yale: pyèlwók).

Perhaps akin to 불룩 (bulluk, “bulge; convex”) and 벼락 (byeorak, “thunder; thunderbolt”).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?byeoruk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?byeolug
McCune–Reischauer?pyŏruk
Yale Romanization?pyelwuk

Noun

벼룩 • (byeoruk)

  1. flea
    벼룩의 간을 내어 먹다
    byeorug-ui gan-eul naeeo meokda
    to skin a flea for its hide; literally, to take out and eat the liver of a flea

Derived terms

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