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Korean
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | bap |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | bab |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | pap |
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| Yale Romanization? | pap |
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Etymology 1
First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 밥〮 (Yale: páp).
Joo (2021) suggests a mimetic origin of this word, as the baby-talk term for 'food' or 'to eat' in many languages tends to be similar to /papa/ or /mama/, some of which may change into the generic term for food. Compare 맘마 (mamma, “(childish) food; rice”).
Noun
밥 • (bap)
- cooked rice
- Synonym: (honorific) 진지 (jinji)
- 밥을 먹다 ― bab-eul meokda ― to eat rice
- meal
- Synonyms: 끼니 (kkini), 식사(食事) (siksa), (honorific) 진지 (jinji)
- 밥을 먹다 ― bab-eul meokda ― to have a meal
- 밥 뭇나? (Gyeongsang dialect) ― Bap munna? ― Hello (literally, “Did you eat?”)
- feed
- 개밥 ― gaebap ― feed for dogs; dog food
- (figurative) someone serving as an object of abuse
내가 니 밥이냐? 왜 자꾸 괴롭혀?- Nae-ga ni bab-i-nya? Wae jakku goerophyeo?
- Am I your punching bag? Why do you keep bothering me?
Derived terms
- 국밥 (gukbap, “a rice soup”)
- 김밥 (gimbap, “kimbap”)
- 덮밥 (deopbap)
- 밥값 (bapgap, “price of a meal”)
- (colloquial) 밥구멍 (bapgumeong, “throat”)
- 밥그릇 (bapgeureut, “bowl of boiled rice”)
- 밥때 (bapttae, “mealtime”)
- 밥맛 (bammat, “appetite”)
- 밥벌레 (bapbeolle, “idler”)
- 밥벌이 (bapbeori, “making a living”)
- 밥상(床) (bapsang, “dinner table”)
- 밥솥 (bapsot, “kettle for boiling rice”)
- 밥술 (bapsul, “spoonful of boiled rice”)
- 밥알 (babal, “grain of boiled rice”)
- 밥자루 (bapjaru, “idler”)
- 밥주걱 (bapjugeok, “spoon to scoop boiled rice”)
- 밥줄 (bapjul, “means of living”)
- 밥집 (bapjip, “chophouse”)
- 밥통 (baptong, “boiled rice tub”)
- 밥풀 (bap'pul, “grains of boiled rice”)
- 보리밥 (boribap, “boiled rice and barley”)
- 볶음밥 (bokkeumbap, “fried rice”)
- 비빔밥 (bibimbap, “bibimbap”)
- 쌀밥 (ssalbap, “boiled rice”)
- 연밥 (yeonbap, “lotus seeds”)
- 오곡밥 (ogokbap, “ogok-bap”)
- 잡곡밥 (japgokbap, “boiled rice and cereals”)
- 조밥 (jobap, “boiled rice and millet”)
- 찰밥 (chalbap, “boiled glutinous rice”)
- 콩밥 (kongbap, “boiled rice and beans”)
- 팥밥 (patbap, “boiled rice and red beans”)
See also
Etymology 2
Proper noun
밥 • (Bap)
- A transliteration of the English male given name diminutive Bob
References
- ^ Joo, Ian (2021) “The etymology of Korean ssal 'uncooked grain' and pap 'cooked grain'”, in Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale, number 50.1, pages 94-110