"우렁각시" meaning in Korean

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Proper name

IPA: [uɾʌ̹ŋɡa̠kɕ͈i] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: Ureonggaksi [romanization]
Etymology: 우렁이 (ureong'i, “river snail”) + 각시 (gaksi, “wife”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ko|우렁이|각시|t1=river snail|t2=wife}} 우렁이 (ureong'i, “river snail”) + 각시 (gaksi, “wife”) Head templates: {{ko-proper noun}} 우렁각시 • (Ureonggaksi)
  1. a heroine of a Korean folktale, a river snail which falls in love with a human farmer and prepares nightly meals for him while he is asleep
    Sense id: en-우렁각시-ko-name-ZCubsWnW Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Korean terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 79 21 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 80 20

Noun

IPA: [uɾʌ̹ŋɡa̠kɕ͈i] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: ureonggaksi [romanization]
Etymology: 우렁이 (ureong'i, “river snail”) + 각시 (gaksi, “wife”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ko|우렁이|각시|t1=river snail|t2=wife}} 우렁이 (ureong'i, “river snail”) + 각시 (gaksi, “wife”) Head templates: {{ko-noun}} 우렁각시 • (ureonggaksi)
  1. (figurative) someone who helps others secretly Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-우렁각시-ko-noun-RUvp~5ON

Download JSON data for 우렁각시 meaning in Korean (2.8kB)

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    {
      "other": "[우렁각씨]"
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