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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 옫〮바〮미〮 (Yale: wótpámí). Middle Korean 옷바미 (Yale: wospami) is also attested, though late in the sixteenth century and probably an early reflection of the merger of coda /-t/ and /-s/.
Jeju 옥밤 (okbam, “owl”) shows that the word is etymologically equivalent to *옫밤 (*otbam) + -이 (-i, noun-deriving suffix) , but the meaning of the root is not clear. Speculatively connected to 울— (ul-, “to cry, to growl”) and 밤 (bam, “night”), i.e. "the thing that cries at night".
Pronunciation
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Revised Romanization? | olppaemi |
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Revised Romanization (translit.)? | ol'ppaemi |
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McCune–Reischauer? | olppaemi |
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Yale Romanization? | ol.ppaymi |
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Noun
올빼미 • (olppaemi)
- owl (without ear tufts)
- Coordinate term: 부엉이 (bueong'i, “owl with ear tufts”)
- (especially) tawny owl (Strix aluco)
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