메뚜기

Korean

메뚜기 짝짓기

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [me̞t͈uɡi]
• Phonetic hangul: [메뚜기]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	mettugi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	me'ttugi
McCune–Reischauer?	mettugi
Yale Romanization?	mey.ttwuki

Noun

메뚜기 • (mettugi)

1. (literally, "meadow hopper") short-horned grasshopper, locust

   메뚜기도 한 철.

   mettugi-do han cheol.

   Grasshoppers have a best season.

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) 묏도기 (moetdogi)

Antonyms

• 여치 (yeochi): long-horned grasshopper, bush cricket, katydid
• 방아깨비 (bang'akkaebi): long-horned grasshopper, bush cricket, katydid
• 베짱이 (bejjang'i): long-horned grasshopper, bush cricket, katydid

Derived terms

• 각시메뚜기 (gaksimettugi, “brown grasshopper”)
• 벼메뚜기 (byeomettugi, “paddy grasshopper”)

See also

• 귀뚜라미 (gwitturami): cricket