머루

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. From Middle Korean 멀위 (Yale: mel.wi), 머뤼 (Yale: me.lwi), 머루 (Yale: me.lwu).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mʌ̹ɾu]
• Phonetic hangul: [머루]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	meoru
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	meolu
McCune–Reischauer?	mŏru
Yale Romanization?	melwu

Noun

1. wild grape, (obsolete) grape

   머루랑 다래랑 먹고 청산(靑山)에 살어리랏다.(deprecated template usage) 청산별곡 (靑山別曲)

   meorurang daraerang meokgo cheongsane sareoriratda.

   I want to live in the green mountain taking wild grapes and berries.

Synonyms

• 산머루 (sanmeoru, “wild grape”)
• 산포도 (sanpodo, “wild grape”)
• 포도 (葡萄, podo, “grape”)

Derived terms

• 산머루 (sanmeoru, “wild grape”)
• 왕머루 (wangmeoru, “Amur grape”)

See also

• 송이 (song'i, “(fruit) bunch, cluster”)
• 덤불 (deombul, “bush, shrub, thicket”)
• 덩굴 (deonggul, “vine”)
• 오디 (odi, “mulberry fruit”)
• 검은딸기 (geomeunttalgi, “blackberry”)
• 나무딸기 (namuttalgi, “raspberry; blackberry”)
• 멍덕딸기 (meongdeokttalgi, “raspberry; blackberry”)
• 산딸기 (santtalgi, “wild berry”)