고유어

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 固有 (“inherent”) + 語 (“word”).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?goyueo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?goyueo
McCune–Reischauer?koyuŏ
Yale Romanization?ko.yue

Noun

고유어 • (goyueo) (hanja 固有語)

  1. (linguistics) a word that is part of a language's native vocabulary
    Synonyms: (both colloquial) 순우리말 (sunurimal), 한글 (han'geul)

Derived terms
  • 고유어화(固有語化) (goyueohwa, “nativization”)
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