See also: 高丽

Chinese edit

Etymology 1 edit

high; tall beautiful; Korea
trad. (高麗)
simp. (高丽)

From a shortening of 高句麗高句丽 (Gāogōulí).

Pronunciation edit


Note: Often mispronounced as Gāolì.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (28) (37)
Final () (89) (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter kaw lje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɑu/ /liᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɑu/ /liɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɑu/ /ljɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaw/ /liə̆/
Li
Rong
/kɑu/ /lie/
Wang
Li
/kɑu/ /lǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kɑu/ /lie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gou1 lei4

Proper noun edit

高麗

  1. (historical) Goryeo
  2. (historical) Synonym of 高句麗高句丽 (Gāogōulí, Goguryeo)
  3. (historical or in compounds) Korea
    高麗高丽  ―  gāolíshēn  ―  Korean ginseng
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Sino-Xenic (高麗):

Others:

Noun edit

高麗

  1. (Southern Min) Korean ginseng
Synonyms edit

References edit

Etymology 2 edit

phonetic
trad. (高麗)
simp. (高丽)
alternative forms 蓔藶蓔苈

From Dutch kool.

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

高麗

  1. (Teochew) cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

high; tall beautiful
trad. (高麗)
simp. (高丽)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (28) (37)
Final () (89) (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I IV
Fanqie
Baxter kaw lejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɑu/ /leiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɑu/ /leiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɑu/ /lɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaw/ /lɛjH/
Li
Rong
/kɑu/ /leiH/
Wang
Li
/kɑu/ /lieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kɑu/ /lieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gou1 lai6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gāo
Middle
Chinese
‹ kaw › ‹ lejH ›
Old
Chinese
/*Cə.[k]ˁaw/ /*[r]ˁe-s/
English high, tall symmetrical

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 3726 7914
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kaːw/ /*reːls/

Adjective edit

高麗

  1. (literary) noble and splendid

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
こま
Grade: 2 Grade: S
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
 
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⟨ko2ma⟩ → */koma//koma/

From Old Japanese. As phonetic evidence, appears in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.[1]

May be a Baekje ethnonym. Alternatively, may be a Goguryeo word or name, considering the history of the Koma clan, immigrants to Japan from the fall of the Goguryeo kingdom in the latter half of the 600s.

Pronunciation edit

Prefix edit

高麗(こま) (koma-

  1. [from 759] indicates something that was originally imported via the Korean Peninsula
Derived terms edit

Proper noun edit

高麗(こま) (Koma

  1. [from 759] (historical) the Goguryeo kingdom, located on the Korean Peninsula 37 BCE–668 CE
  2. [from 759] (archaic) Korea, the Korean Peninsula (used more commonly in compounds than as a standalone term)
  3. [from 759] (historical) a county in Saitama Prefecture (originally settled in the mid-600s CE by immigrants from the Korean Peninsula; abolished as an administrative entity in 1896)
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2
らい
Grade: S
on’yomi goon
 
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Borrowed from Middle Chinese 高麗. Cognate with modern Korean 고려 (goryeo) and English Korea.

Appeared at least late 10th century with this reading, attested in the Utsubo Monogatari, c. 970-999.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(こう)(らい) (kōraiかうらい (kaurai)?

  1. Synonym of 高麗錦 (koma nishiki /⁠こまにしき⁠/)
    • かうらいのあげばり十一間(じふいちけん)を、(いろこ)(ごと)()ちたり
      kōrai no agebari jūichi ken o, iroko no gotoku uchitari
      There is a temporary pavilion of 11 ken (about 20 m) long made of Korean brocade, which is driven like scales.
  2. Short for 高麗縁 (kōrai beri).
  3. Short for 高麗焼 (kōtai yaki).
  4. Synonym of 玉蜀黍 (tōmorokoshi, maize, corn)
Derived terms edit

Proper noun edit

(こう)(らい) (Kōraiかうらい (kaurai)?

  1. [from late 10c.] (historical) the Goryeo kingdom, located on the Korean Peninsula 918–1392 CE
  2. the Goguryeo kingdom; or generally a synonym of 朝鮮 (chōsen, Korea).

References edit

  1. ^
    c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3465:
    , text [jti.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/manyoshu/Man14Yo.html#3465 here]
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Proper noun edit

高麗 (goryeo) (hangeul 고려)

  1. Hanja form? of 고려 (Goryeo).

Okinawan edit

Kanji in this term
こー
Grade: 2
れー
Grade: S

Proper noun edit

(こー)(れー) (Kōrē

  1. Goryeo
  2. Korea
    Synonym: 韓国 (Kwankuku), 朝鮮 (Chōshin)

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun edit

高麗

  1. chữ Hán form of Cao Li (Goryeo).