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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean ᄇᆞ〮얌 (Yale: pò.yám). Also attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄇᆡ얌 (Yale: poyyam). See also the now obsolete uncontracted form 배암 (baeam).
Possibly cognate with Old Japanese 蛇 (pemi), modern Japanese 蛇 (hebi, “snake”).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): ~
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
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| Revised Romanization? | baem |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | baem |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | paem |
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| Yale Romanization? | pāym |
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Noun
뱀 • (baem)
- snake, serpent
Hyponyms
- 구렁이 (gureong'i, “rat snake”)
- 까치살모사 (kkachisalmosa, “Gloydius saxatilis”)
- 능구렁이 (neunggureong'i, “red-banded snake”)
- 독사(毒蛇) (doksa, “viper, venomous snake”)
- 먹구렁이 (meokgureong'i, “Manchurian rat snake”)
- 무좌수 (mujwasu, “Oocatochus rufodorsatus”)
- 무자치 (mujachi, “Oocatochus rufodorsatus”)
- 북살모사 (buksalmosa, “Vipera berus”)
- 살모사(殺母蛇) (salmosa, “pit viper, Korean mamushi, solenoglyph”)
- 쇠살모사 (soesalmosa, “red-tongued pit viper”)
- 시루레기 (siruregi)
- 유혈목이 (yuhyeolmogi, “tiger keelback, red-sided watersnake”)
- 화사 (hwasa, “tiger keelback”)
- 황구렁이 (hwanggureong'i, “Korean rat snake”)
- 흑질백장 (heukjilbaekjang, “a type of black-and-white-patterned snake”)
Derived terms
- 꽃뱀 (kkotbaem, “tiger keelback”)
- 누룩뱀 (nurukbaem, “ratsnake, Elaphe dione”)
- 도마뱀 (domabaem, “lizard”)
- 도마뱀붙이 (domabaembuchi, “gecko, house lizard”)
- 떼뱀 (ttebaem, “feathered snake”)
- 물뱀 (mulbaem, “water snake”)
- 밀뱀 (milbaem, “water snake”) (North Korean)
- 바다뱀 (badabaem, “sea snake”)
- 뱀자리 (baemjari, “Serpens”) (constellation)
- 불뱀 (bulbaem, “fiery serpent”)
- 비단뱀 (bidanbaem, “python”)
- 비바리뱀 (bibaribaem, “black-headed snake”)
- 세줄무늬뱀 (sejulmunuibaem, “Elaphe coreana, Elaphe davidi”)
- 실뱀 (silbaem, “slender racer”)
- 실뱀장어 (silbaemjang'eo, “elver”)
- 줄꼬리뱀 (julkkoribaem, “beauty ratsnake”)
- 줄뱀 (julbaem)
- 풀뱀 (pulbaem, “grass snake”)