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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447. as connective form ᄀᆞᆯㅇ (kolG).
Also attested in the Myobeomnyeonhwagyeong eonhae (妙法蓮華經諺解 / 묘법연화경언해), 1463. as Middle Korean ᄀᆞᄅᆞ (kolo), from Old Korean *kʌlk
(compare dialectal forms 가리 (gari, Gyeongsang/Jeonnam), 갈리 (galli, Gyeongsang), 갈루 (gallu, Hwanghae), 갈기 (galgi, Hamgyeong/Gangwon) and Jeju ᄀᆞ루 (gawru)).
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Pronunciation
Romanizations |
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Revised Romanization? | garu |
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Revised Romanization (translit.)? | galu |
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McCune–Reischauer? | karu |
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Yale Romanization? | kalwu |
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Noun
가루 • (garu)
- meal, flour (of wheat, etc.); powder
Synonyms
- 분말 (粉末, bunmal, “meal, flour”)
Antonyms
- 낟알 (nadal, “grain”)
- 알갱이 (algaeng'i, “grain”)
- 알곡 (—穀, algok, “grain”)
- 반죽 (banjuk, “dough”)
Derived terms
- 밀가루 (milgaru, “wheat flour”)
- 빵가루 (ppanggaru, “breadcrumbs”)
- 보리가루 (borigaru, “barley flour”)
- 쌀가루 (ssalgaru, “rice flour”)
- 콩가루 (konggaru, “soybean flour”)
- 콩가루 집안 (konggaru jiban, “divided, discordant family”)
- 꽃가루 (kkotgaru, “pollen”)
- 코코아가루 (kokoagaru, “cocoa powder”)
See also
- 물 (mul, “water”)
- 물레방아 (mullebang'a, “wheel mill”)
- 무르다 (mureuda, “to be soft, tender”)
References
- ^ Rei Fukui (2018 March 30) 小倉進平『朝鮮語方言の研究』所載資料による言語地図とその解釈―第2集, 東京大学人文社会系研究科 韓国朝鮮文化研究室, pages 37-40