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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 보롬〮 (Yale: pwòlwóm). Compare 부르— (bureu-, “(stomach, belly) to be full, inflated”).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | boreum |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | boleum |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | porŭm |
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| Yale Romanization? | polum |
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South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 보름의 / 보름에 / 보름까지
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
보름 • (boreum)
- fifteen days, half month, fortnight
- Clipping of 보름날 (boreumnal, “fifteenth day of the lunar month”).
Antonyms
- 그믐 (geumeum, “the last (day) of the lunar month”)
- 초승 (初—, choseung, “the first (day) of the lunar month, new moon”)
Derived terms
- 대보름 (daeboreum, “the first full moon of the lunar year”)
- 보름날 (boreumnal, “the 15th day of the lunar month”)
- 보름달 (boreumdal, “full moon”)
- 보름밤 (boreumbam, “full-moon night”)
See also
Korean words for the number of days
| one day |
two days |
three days |
four days |
five days |
six days |
seven days |
eight days |
nine days |
ten days |
fifteen days
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| 하루 (haru) |
이틀 (iteul) |
사흘 (saheul) |
나흘 (naheul) |
닷새 (datsae) |
엿새 (yeotsae) |
이레 (ire) |
여드레 (yeodeure) |
아흐레 (aheure) |
열흘 (yeolheul) |
보름 (boreum)
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