구름
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구름 (gureum)
Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 屈林.
In the hangul script, first attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 구〮룸 (Yale: kwúlwùm).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | gureum |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | guleum |
| McCune–Reischauer? | kurŭm |
| Yale Romanization? | kwulum |
- South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 구름의 / 구름에 / 구름까지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on both syllables, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.
Noun
구름 • (gureum)
Derived terms
- 구름다리 (gureumdari, “elevated bridge”)
- 구름바다 (gureumbada, “sea of clouds”)
- 높쌘구름 (nopssaen'gureum, “altocumulus”)
- 높층구름 (nopcheunggureum, “altostratus”)
- 뭉게구름 (munggegureum, “cumulus”)
- 비층구름 (bicheunggureum, “nimbostratus”)
- 쌘비구름 (ssaenbigureum, “cumulonimbus”)
- 층구름 (cheunggureum, “stratus”)
- 층쌘구름 (cheungssaen'gureum, “stratocumulus”)
- 털구름 (teolgureum, “cirrocumulus”)
- 털쌘구름 (teolssaen'gureum, “cirrus”)
- 털층구름 (teolcheunggureum, “cirrostratus”)