메기

Korean

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Etymology

First recorded in Beonyeok Bak Tongsa(번역박통사, 飜譯朴通事, lit. "The translation of Pak the interpreter"), 1517, as 메유기 (meyugi)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈme̞(ː)ɡi]
• Phonetic hangul: [메(ː)기]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	megi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	megi
McCune–Reischauer?	megi
Yale Romanization?	mēyki

Noun

메기 • (megi)

1. catfish, especially the Amur catfish ().

Related terms

• 미유기 (miyugi, “Far Eastern catfish”)

See also

• 언 (鰋, eon, “catfish”)
• 점 (鮎, jeom, “catfish”)
• 묘 (猫, myo, “cat”)

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 22 (last accessed)) “메기”, in 표준국어대사전‎^[1]
• 김, 익수 with 박종영 (2002) “메기”, in 한국의 민물고기, Seoul: Kyo-Hak Publishing, →ISBN, page 247