두음

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 頭音, from (head, first, beginning) + (sound)

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?dueum
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?dueum
    McCune–Reischauer?tuŭm
    Yale Romanization?twuum

    Noun

    두음 • (dueum) (hanja 頭音)

    1. (linguistics) initial (sound)

    Derived terms