부음

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Early Modern Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 訃音.

Pronunciation

Noun

부음 (pwuum) (hanja 訃音)

  1. news of someone's death
    • 1617, “烈女圖／열녀도”, in 東國新續三綱行實圖／동국신속삼강행실도 [New Edition of the Korean Illustrated Conduct of the Three Bonds]:
      부음 듣고 즉시 목욕 ᄀᆡ복ᄒᆞ고 다락긔 올라 ᄂᆞ려뎌 주그니 […]
      pwuum tutkwo cuksi mwokywok koypwok-hokwo talak-ᅟuy wolla nolyetye cwukuni
      Hearing news of death, promptly bathed and donned her ; and then she ascended to the terrace and threw herself off of it, plunging to death.

Descendants

  • Korean: 부음(訃音) (bueum)

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 訃音.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bueum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bueum
McCune–Reischauer?puŭm
Yale Romanization?pūum

Noun

부음 • (bueum) (hanja 訃音)

  1. obituary; news of someone's death
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 父音.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bueum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bueum
McCune–Reischauer?puŭm
Yale Romanization?puum

Noun

부음 • (bueum) (hanja 父音)

  1. (phonetics) Synonym of 자음(子音) (ja'eum, “consonant”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bueum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bueum
McCune–Reischauer?puŭm
Yale Romanization?pūum

Verb

부음 • (bueum)

  1. verbal noun of 붓다 (butda, “to pour”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bueum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bueum
McCune–Reischauer?puŭm
Yale Romanization?pūum

Verb

부음 • (bueum)

  1. verbal noun of 붓다 (butda, “to swell up”)
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