궐녀

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 厥女.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kwʌ̹ʎʎʌ̹]
• Phonetic hangul: [궐려]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gwollyeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gwolnyeo
McCune–Reischauer?	kwŏllyŏ
Yale Romanization?	kwelnye

Pronoun

궐녀 • (gwollyeo) (hanja 厥女)

1. (literary, archaic) she
   • 1907, Lee Injik, 이인직(李人稙) (I Injik), 鬼(귀)의 聲(셩) (Gwi-ui seong):

     응, 부지럽지 그적게 져녁에 궐녀를 다리고 갈 ᄯᆡ에, 내 얼골 본 사ᄅᆞᆷ이 만흔 걸

     eung, bujireopji geujeokge jeonyeog-e gwollyeo-reul darigo gal ttae-e, nae eolgol bon saram-i manheun geol

     "Well, It's useless. Many have [already] seen my face that evening when I went to take her back two days ago."

   • 1922, Hyun Jin-geon, 현진건(玄鎭健), “피아노 (piano)”, in 開(개)闢(벽), number 29:

     厥(궐)女(녀)의 상판은 피로 물들인 것가티 새빨개 젓다. 厥(궐)女(녀)는 억지로 그런 氣(기)色(색)을 감추랴고 애를 쓰며 […]

     Gwollyeo-ui sangpan-eun pi-ro muldeurin geotgati saeppalgae jeotda. Gwollyeo-neun eokji-ro geureon gisaeg-eul gamchuryago ae-reul sseumyeo […]

     Her face blushed bright red as if it was doused in blood. As she tried her best to conceal those expressions […]

   • 1989, Moon Soon-tae, 문순태(文淳太) (Mun Suntae), “義(의)兵(병)”, in 타오르는 江(강), volume 6:

     궐녀는 아들이 밥을 먹는 동안 아무 말도 하지 않았다.

     Gwollyeo-neun adeur-i bab-eul meongneun dong'an amu mal-do haji anatda.

     She said nothing while her son was eating.

   Synonym: 그녀(그女) (geunyeo)