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Korean
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | pul |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | pul |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | p'ul |
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| Yale Romanization? | phul |
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Etymology 1
First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 플〮 (Yale: phúl).
Alternative forms
Noun
풀 • (pul)
- herbaceous plants, particularly grass
- Coordinate term: 나무 (namu, “tree, woody plant”)
밭에 풀이 무성하다.- bat-e pur-i museonghada.
- The grass is thick in the field.
스님들은 풀만 드신다.- seunim-deur-eun pul-man deusinda.
- Buddhist monks only eat vegetables.
1642, 尹善道 (Yun Seon-do), “五友歌 (Ou-ga)”, in 山中新曲 (Sanjung Sin'gok):나모도 아닌 거시 플도 아닌 거시- namo-do anin geo-si peul-do anin geosi
- that which is not tree, that which is not grass.
Derived terms
- 강아지풀 (gang'ajipul, “wild foxtail millet”)
- 겨풀 (gyeopul, “rice cutgrass”)
- 달뿌리풀 (dalppuripul)
- 된장풀 (doenjangpul)
- 뚝새풀 (ttuksaepul, “shortawn foxtail”)
- 방울새풀 (bang'ulsaepul, “lesser quaking grass”)
- 실새풀 (silsaepul)
- 장군풀 (janggunpul)
- 줄풀 (julpul, “Manchurian wild rice”)
- 푸나무 (punamu)
- 풀밭 (pulbat, “meadow; lawn”)
- 풀잎 (purip, “blade of grass”)
Related terms
- 푸르다 (pureuda, “to be green; to be blue”)
See also
Etymology 2
First attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean 플 (Yale: phul).
Noun
풀 • (pul)
- glue
Etymology 3
From English pool.
Noun
풀 • (pul)
- pool
See also
Etymology 4
Verb
풀 • (pul)
- future determiner of 푸다 (puda)
- future determiner of 풀다 (pulda)