호두

Korean

Alternative forms

  • 호도(胡桃) (hodo)

Etymology

Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 호도 (胡桃, hodo). Alternatively, perhaps a corruption of Sino-Korean 핵도 (核桃, haekdo), or a direct borrowing from colloquial Mandarin. Compare modern Mandarin 核桃 (hétao).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hodu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hodu
McCune–Reischauer?hodu
Yale Romanization?hotwu

Noun

호두 • (hodu)

  1. walnut

Derived terms

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