깐부

Korean

Etymology

Unknown, online hypotheses include:

• Corrupted from English combo.
• Abbreviation and corruption of Sino-Korean idiom 관포지교(管鮑之交) (gwanpojigyo, “intimate friendship”).
• Corrupted from Japanese 株 (kabu), as in 株仲間(かぶなかま) (kabunakama, “business partner, colleague”). The insertion of ㄴ (n) may be due to historical Japanese voiced obstruent prenasalization.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [k͈a̠nbu]
• Phonetic hangul: [깐부]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	kkanbu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	kkanbu
McCune–Reischauer?	kkanbu
Yale Romanization?	kkanpu

Noun

깐부 • (kkanbu)

1. (slang, possibly dated) pal, friend; teammate (in children's games)