연어

Korean
연어

Alternative forms
  • 련어 (ryeoneo) (North Korea, China)

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeoneo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeon'eo
McCune–Reischauer?yŏnŏ
Yale Romanization?yen.e

Etymology 1

Probably from earlier 년어, from 년 (nyeon, “year”) +‎ 어 (eo, “fish”).

Noun

연어 • (yeoneo) (hanja 鰱魚)

  1. salmon (fish)
  2. In particular, the chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta).
Derived terms
  • 곱사연어 (gopsayeoneo, “humpback salmon”)
  • 대서양연어 (大西洋‒, daeseoyang'yeoneo, “Atlantic salmon”)
  • 왕연어 (王‒, wang'yeoneo, “Chinook salmon”)
  • 은연어 (銀‒, eunyeoneo, “coho salmon”)
  • 홍연어 (紅‒, hong'yeoneo, “sockeye salmon”)
References
  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 22 (last accessed)) “연어 [yeoneo]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎
  • 김, 익수 with 박종영 (2002) “연어”, in 한국의 민물고기, Seoul: Kyo-Hak Publishing, →ISBN, page 278

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 連語, from 連 (“join”) + 語 (“word”)

Noun

연어 • (yeoneo) (hanja 連語)

  1. (linguistics) collocation
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