부럼

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Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Won'gakgyeong eonhae (圓覺經諺解 / 원각경언해), 1465, as Middle Korean 브ᅀᅳ름 (Yale: puzulum).

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?bureom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?buleom
McCune–Reischauer?purŏm
Yale Romanization?pūlem

Noun

부럼 • (bureom)

  1. (Korean folk custom) nuts eaten on the 15th of the first lunar month (to guard oneself against boils for a year)
  2. (traditional Korean medicine, dialectal, including Jeolla dialect, Chungnam) Alternative form of 부스럼 (buseureom, “swelling; boil”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bureom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?buleom
McCune–Reischauer?purŏm
Yale Romanization?pulem

Noun

부럼 • (bureom)

  1. (North Korea) Short for 부러움 (bureoum, “envy”).
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