흙밥

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Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. From (heuk, earth, soil) +‎ (bap, rice (as food)). "Shovelful" from an imagery of a shovel as a spoon scooping rice; "death" probably from the imagery of the corpse becoming "food" for the earth.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?heukbap
Revised Romanization (translit.)?heulgbab
McCune–Reischauer?hŭkpap
Yale Romanization?hulkpap

Noun

흙밥 (heukbap)

  1. shovelful of soil; spadeful of soil; plow-ful of soil
  2. (Yukjin, euphemistic) corpse; food for worms
    • 2019, 곽충구 [gwakchunggu, Kwak Chung-gu], 두만강 유역의 조선어 방언 사전 [duman'gang yuyeogui joseoneo bang'eon sajeon, Dictionary of Korean Dialects of the Tumen River Area], volume II, Taehaksa, →ISBN, page 3702:
      버어대니 어저 흙밥 오랍구마. (Yukjin)
      I ttar-i ga beo'eo-daeni-mu eojeo-neu ye heukbab-i daen di orapguma.
      If this daughter of mine didn't go out and make money, I would have ended up as food for worms long ago.

Further reading

  • 곽충구 (2019) 두만강 유역의 조선어 방언 사전 [duman'gang yuyeogui joseoneo bang'eon sajeon, Dictionary of Korean Dialects of the Tumen River Area], volume II, Taehaksa, →ISBN, page 3702