구무

Korean edit

Etymology edit

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 구무 (Yale: kwùmwù), from pre-Middle Korean <*kwùmùk>.^[1] Cognate with Modern Korean 구멍 (gumeong, “hole”).

Noun edit

구무 • (gumu)

Gyeongsang form of 구멍 (gumeong, “hole, hollow, cavity”)

References edit

^ Lee, Ki-Moon, Ramsey, S. Robert (2011) A History of the Korean Language, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 147

Middle Korean edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /kù.mù/

Noun edit

구무 (kwùmwù) (locative 굼긔〮 (kwùmk-úy))

hole

Descendants edit

Korean: 구무 (gumu)

[1] Lee, Ki-Moon, Ramsey, S. Robert (2011) A History of the Korean Language, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 147

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