高句麗

Chinese

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

高句麗

1. Goguryeo (one of the ancient Three Kingdoms of Korea)

Coordinate terms

• 百濟／百济 (Bǎijì)
• 新羅／新罗 (Xīnluó)

Japanese

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高句麗

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Goguryeo

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

/kaukuri/ → /kɔːkuri/ → /koːkuri/

From written Middle Chinese 高句麗, in turn likely from some variety of Old Korean.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

高(こう)句(く)麗(り) • (Kōkuri) ^{←かうくり (kaukuri)?}

1. (historical) the Goguryeo kingdom of 37 BCE – 668 CE, one of the ancient Three Kingdoms of Korea, located in what is now North Korea and parts of Manchuria and far-eastern Russia

Synonyms

• 高麗(こま) (koma)

Coordinate terms

• 百済 (Kudara, Hyakusai, “Baekje”, another of the Three Kingdoms)
• 新羅 (Shiragi, “Silla”, another of the Three Kingdoms)

Derived terms

• 高(こう)句(く)麗(り)古(こ)墳(ふん) (Kōkuri kofun): a Goguryeo tumulus tomb

Etymology 2

/koːkuri/ → /kokuri/

Alteration from Kōkuri. This usage developed after the two failed attempts in 1274 and 1281 to invade Japan by the combined forces of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty and the Goryeo kingdom. Goryeo was a successor kingdom to Goguryeo, but in the popular Japanese language of the time, Goryeo was still referred to as 高句麗 (Kōkuri or Kokuri, i.e. “Goguryeo”) instead of 高麗 (Kōrai, the Japanese reading of “Goryeo”).

The adverb こくり (kokuri, “startedly, startlingly, (jumping up) suddenly”) likely derives from this usage.

Pronunciation

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Noun

高(こ)句(く)麗(り) • (kokuri) 

1. something very unfortunate and scary

   これは中々天人(なかなかてんじん)の子(こ)ではないぞ。むくりこくりが卵(たまご)よ。

   Kore wa nakanaka tenjin no ko de wa nai zo. Mukuri kokuri ga tamago yo.

   I tell you, this really isn't the child of any heavenly being. This is the spawn of great googly moogly.

Usage notes

Generally always seen in combination with むくり (mukuri) or もくり (mokuri), terms of similar meaning that derive from the word 蒙古 (Mōko, “Mongolia”). Compare the English slang phrase googly moogly, possibly derived from this Japanese phrase.

Derived terms

• 蒙古高句麗 (mokuri kokuri, mukuri kokuri)
• 高句麗蒙古 (kokuri mokuri, kokuri mukuri)

Idioms

• 高句麗蒙古(こくりもくり)の鬼(おに)が来(く)る (kokuri mokuri no oniga kuru): “Goguryeo and the Mongol demons are coming”

Proper noun

高(こ)句(く)麗(り) • (Kokuri) 

1. (rare) the Goguryeo kingdom of 37 BCE – 668 CE, one of the ancient Three Kingdoms of Korea, located in what is now North Korea and parts of Manchuria and far-eastern Russia

Synonyms

• 高麗(こま) (koma)

References

Korean

Proper noun

高句麗 • (Goguryeo) (hangeul 고구려)

1. Hanja form^? of 고구려 (“Goguryeo”).

Vietnamese

Proper noun

高句麗

1. chữ Hán form of Cao Câu Li (“Goguryeo”).