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Middle Korean

Etymology

Modern dialectal 게골 (gegol, “mirror”) suggests that the Proto-Korean form may have had a leniting velar in the second syllable.

Pronunciation

Noun

거우〮루 (kè(G)wúlwù)

  1. mirror
    • 1459, 月印釋譜 / 월인석보 , page 11:81a:
      가ᄌᆞᆯ〮비〮건댄〮 ᄆᆞᆯᄀᆞᆫ〮 거우〮뤼 여러〮 가짓〮 (ᄉᆡᆨ〮)(쌰ᇰ〯) 디니〮ᄃᆞᆺ〮 ᄒᆞ니〮
      kàcólpíkèntáyn mòlkón kè(G)wúlwù-y yèlé kàcí-s SÓYK.SSYǍNG tìnítós hòní
      To draw an analogy, it is as with how the clear mirror contains images of various kinds

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Korean: 거울 (geoul, mirror)