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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Yeogeo yuhae (譯語類解 / 역어유해), 1690, as Early Modern Korean 그리매 (Yale: kulimay). Original meaning: "earwig". Displaced 지차리 (Yale: cichali), the original word for "house centipede".
The Middle Korean word for "earwig" was the longer 그르메〮너흐〮리〮 (Yale: kùlùméynèhúlí), compound of 그르메〮 (Yale: kùlùméy, “shadow; shaded place”) + unknown element *nèhúlí. The second element appears to have been dropped.
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | geurima |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | geulima |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | kŭrima |
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| Yale Romanization? | kulima |
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Noun
그리마 • (geurima)
- house centipede (centipedes of the family Scutigeridae)
- Synonym: 돈벌레 (donbeolle)