그릇

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Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Worin cheon'gangjigok (月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡), 1449, as Middle Korean 그릇〮 (Yale: kùlús). Probably an ancient pre-Sino-Korean borrowing from Old Chinese 器 (OC *kʰrɯds, “utensil, ware”).[1]

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geureut
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geuleus
McCune–Reischauer?kŭrŭt
Yale Romanization?kulus
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 그릇의 / 그릇에 / 그릇까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the first syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

그릇 • (geureut)

  1. bowl; vessel
    밥 한 그릇 ― bap han geureut ― a bowl of rice
    그릇에 담아! ― Geureus-e dama! ― Put in the bowl!
  2. (figurative) caliber of a personality; one's capacity of forbearance

See also

Etymology 2

First attested in the Neung'eomgyeong eonhae (楞嚴經諺解 / 능엄경언해), 1461, as Middle Korean 그릇 (Yale: kùlùs). Related to 그르다 (geureuda).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geureut
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geuleus
McCune–Reischauer?kŭrŭt
Yale Romanization?kulus

Adverb

그릇 • (geureut)

  1. falsely, wrongly
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Nathan W. Hill (2019) The Historical Phonology of Tibetan, Burmese, and Chinese, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 185—186
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