보리

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 보리 (Yale: pwòlì). Cho Hang-bum believes that the prefix is from a reference to barley as an inferior or an "approximate" rice.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [po̞ɾi]
• Phonetic hangul: [보리]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bori
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	boli
McCune–Reischauer?	pori
Yale Romanization?	poli

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 보리의 / 보리에 / 보리까지

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.

Noun

보리 • (bori)

1. barley

Synonyms

• 맥 (麥, maek)
  • 대맥 (大麥, daemaek)
  • 맥아 (麥芽, maega, “malt”), see also: 엿기름 (yeotgireum)
  • 맥아당 (麥芽糖, maegadang, “maltose”)
  • 맥주 (麥酒, maekju, “beer”)

Derived terms

• 겉보리 (geotbori)
• 납작보리 (napjakbori)
• 보리개떡 (borigaetteok)
• 보리깜부기 (borikkambugi)
• 보리논 (borinon)
• 보리농사 (—農事, borinongsa)
• 보리동지 (—同知, boridongji)
• 보리밟기 (boribapgi)
• 보리밥 (boribap)
• 보리밭 (boribat)
• 보리술 (borisul)
• 보리숭늉 (borisungnyung)
• 보리쌀 (borissal)
• 보리죽 (—粥, borijuk)
• 보리차 (boricha)
• 보리타작 (boritajak)
• 보리풀 (boripul)
• 보리피리 (boripiri)
• 보릿가루 (boritgaru)
• 보릿가마 (boritgama)
• 보릿가을 (boritga'eul)
• 보릿거름 (boritgeoreum)
• 보릿겨 (boritgyeo)
• 보릿고개 (boritgogae)
• 보릿대 (boritdae)
• 보릿동 (boritdong)
• 보릿자루 (boritjaru)
• 보릿짚 (boritjip)
• 쌀보리 (ssalbori)
• 햇보리 (haetbori)

 

See also

• Cereals
  • 귀리 (gwiri, “oats”)
  • 밀 (mil, “wheat”)
  • 쌀 (ssal, “rice; white hulled grains of barley, wheat, etc.”)
  • 호밀 (胡—, homil, “rye”)
• Food
  • 떡 (tteok, “Korean dough of rice or other cereals, ground before, or mashed after, steaming”)
  • 밥 (bap, “meal; boiled rice, sometimes mixed with other cereals such as barley”)
  • 죽 (粥, juk, “gruel, soup, pap”)

Prefix

보리— • (bori-)

1. (archaic) an imperfect attempt at (something)
2. (Gyeongsang) approximate

   보리동갑 ― boridonggap ― almost the same age

Derived terms

• 보리경사 (borigyeongsa, “incompetent Seoul speech”)
• 보리동갑 (boridonggap, “almost the same age”)
• 보리바둑 (boribaduk, “incompetent game of Go”)
• 보리윷 (boriyut, “incompetent yut game”)
• 보리장기 (borijanggi, “incompetent Korean chess”)

 

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 보제 (boje, “菩提”) + bodhi. Ultimately from Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [po̞ɾi]
• Phonetic hangul: [보리]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bori
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	boli
McCune–Reischauer?	pori
Yale Romanization?	poli

Noun

보리 • (bori) (hanja 菩提)

1. bodhi, Buddhist supreme enlightenment, wisdom

Related terms

• 보리수 (菩提樹, borisu, “bodhi tree”)
• 보살 (菩薩, bosal, “bodhisattva, Buddhist saint”)

References

• 조항범 (Cho Hang-bum) (2019) “조항범 교수의 어원 이야기: 보리윷 [johangbeom gyosuui eowon iyagi: boriyut]”, in Munhwa ilbo‎^[1]
• 경남 방언 사전, volume I, South Gyeongsang Provincial Government, 2017, page 375