곰
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곰 (gom, “bear”)
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Korean
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
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- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
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| Revised Romanization? | gom |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gom |
| McCune–Reischauer? | kom |
| Yale Romanization? | kōm |
Etymology 1
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First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 곰〯 (Yale: kwǒm), from earlier Proto-Koreanic *kwòmá, which survived into Middle Korean in the place name 고마〮ᄂᆞᄅᆞ (Yale: Kwòmánòlò). Related to Baekje 金馬 (*kəma/*kuma, “bear”) and Japanese 熊 (kuma, “bear”).
Beyond Koreanic and Japanese, perhaps a regional Wanderwort also related to Old Chinese 熊 (OC *ɢʷlɯm).
Noun
곰 • (gom)
- bear (animal)
- (figurative, derogatory) a thick, dull fellow
- Synonym: 곰탱이 (gomtaeng'i)
Derived terms
- 곰개미 (gomgaemi, “Formica japonica”)
- 곰덫 (gomdeot, “bear trap”)
- 곰솔 (gomsol, “black pine (Pinus thunbergii etc.)”)
- 곰쥐 (gomjwi, “black rat”)
- 말레이곰 (malleigom, “sun bear”)
- 반달가슴곰 (bandalgaseumgom, “Asiatic black bear”)
- 북극곰 (bukgeukgom, “polar bear”)
- 불곰 (bulgom, “brown bear”)
- 안경곰 (an'gyeonggom, “spectacled bear”)
- 회색곰 (hoesaekgom, “grizzly bear”)
- 흑곰 (heukgom, “black bear”)
- 흰곰 (huin'gom, “polar bear”)
See also
Etymology 2
고 (go-, “to simmer slowly”) + ㅁ (-m, nominalizing suffix).
Noun
곰 • (gom)
- verbal noun of 고다 (goda, “to simmer slowly”)
- (rare) Short for 곰탕 (gomtang, “slow-simmered beef soup”).