머리
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[edit] Korean
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: mʌɾi
[edit] Etymology
Found in early records as 마리 (mari). Believed to arise from the root 맏 (mat), which is fossilized in constructions such as 맏아들 (madadeul, "eldest son").
[edit] Noun
머리 (meo.ri)
- head.
- intelligence.
- hair.
- the leader of a group.
- the radical at the top of a Chinese character.
- the top or front of an object.
[edit] References
- National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror). "머리 ". 표준국어대사전. URL accessed on 2006-12-31.
- 2000, Seo Jeong-beom (서정범), “머리”, in 國語語原辭典, Seoul: Bogosa Books, page 246:
