림ᄇᆡ

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /limpʌj/

Noun

림ᄇᆡ (limpoy)

1. In the highly archaic fifteenth-century song "Dongdong", the speaker says that she receives virtue in "kwompoy" and fortune in "limpoy". The meaning of this term is uncertain.
   • 14th century?, “動動 (Dongdong)”, in 樂學軌範 (Akhak Gwebeom)‎^[1]:

     德(덕)으란 곰ᄇᆡ예 받ᄌᆞᆸ고 福(복)으란 림ᄇᆡ예 받ᄌᆞᆸ고 德(덕)이여 福(복)이라 호ᄂᆞᆯ 나ᅀᆞ라 오소ᅌᅵ다

     TEK-ulan kwompoy-yey patcopkwo PWOK-ulan limpoy-yey patcopkwo TEK-iye PWOK-ila hwon-ol nazola woswongita

     As for virtue, I receive it in kwompoy; as for fortune, I receive it in limpoy; I have come to present what is called virtue and fortune.

Usage notes

See the coordinate term 곰ᄇᆡ (kwompoy) for theories surrounding the meaning and origin of this term.

Descendants

• ⇒ Early Modern Korean: 곰븨님븨 (kwompuynimpuy) (derived ideophone)
  • Korean: 곰비임비 (gombiimbi, “recurrently, stackingly”)
• ⇒ Early Modern Korean: 님븨곰븨 (nimpuykwompuy) (derived ideophone)