그물

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 그〮믈 (Yale: kúmùl).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kɯmuɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [그물]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	geumul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	geumul
McCune–Reischauer?	kŭmul
Yale Romanization?	kumul

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 그물의 / 그물에 / 그물까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on both syllables, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

그물 • (geumul)

1. net, fishnet

   Synonym: 망(網) (mang)

   그물이 삼천 코라도 벼리가 으뜸.

   Geumur-i samcheon kora-do byeori-ga eutteum.

   The manipulation rope is the top-flight of a fishnet that even has as many as three thousand meshes.

Derived terms

• 그물코 (geumulko, “mesh”)

See also

• 벼리 (byeori, “manipulation rope, (obsolete) head”)
• 발 (bal, “weir”)