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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)
- mirror
1459, 月印釋譜 / 월인석보 , page 11:81a:가ᄌᆞᆯ〮비〮건댄〮 ᄆᆞᆯᄀᆞᆫ〮 거우〮뤼 여러〮 가짓〮 色像 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
- 거우로 (ke(G)wulwo), 거으로 (ke(G)ulwo)
Descendants
- Korean: 거울 (geoul, “mirror”)