상어

Korean

Etymology

Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 사어 (沙魚/鯊魚, sa'eo). Note that Middle Chinese 魚 (MC ngjo) had the consonant /ŋ-/ as an initial, and 상어 (sang'eo) is rather 사 (沙/鯊, sa) + ᆼ (ng) + 어 (魚, eo), which preserves the initial Middle Chinese consonant.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠ŋʌ̹]
Phonetic hangul: [상어]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	sang'eo
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	sang'eo
McCune–Reischauer^?	sangŏ
Yale Romanization^?	sange

Noun

상어 • (sang'eo) (counter 마리)

shark

Synonyms

(Middle Korean): 두루치 (duruchi)

Derived terms

돔발상어 (dombalsang'eo, “shortspine spurdog”)
상어피(皮) (sang'eopi, “sharkskin”)
철갑(鐵甲)상어 (cheolgapsang'eo, “sturgeon”)

Related terms

백(白)상아리 (baeksang'ari, “great white shark”)

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