다람쥐

First attested in the Dictionnaire coréen-français, 1880, as Early Modern Korean 다ᄅᆞᆷ쥐 (Yale: talomcwuy), from Middle Korean ᄃᆞ라미〮 (Yale: tòlàmí, “chipmunk”) + 쥐 (jwi, “mouse, rat”).

By surface analysis, 달음 (dareum, “(dated) running”) +‎ 쥐 (jwi, “mouse, rat”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ta̠ɾa̠md͡ʑɥi] ~ [ta̠ɾa̠md͡ʑy]
• Phonetic hangul: [다람쥐]

다람쥐 • (daramjwi) (counter 마리)

1. chipmunk
2. (loosely) squirrel; animal of the Sciuridae family, but normally excluding the 청설모 (cheongseolmo, “squirrel of the Sciurus genus”).

• Note that English squirrel is usually translated as 다람쥐 (daramjwi), despite not being scientifically precise.