거웃

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Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean 거웆〮 (Yale: kèwúc). Originally mostly referred to facial hair as in the now-obsolete 입거웃 (ipgeout, “facial hair”), but this sense has been completely displaced by Sino-Korean 수염 (鬚髥, suyeom, “facial hair”).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geout
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geous
McCune–Reischauer?kŏut
Yale Romanization?kewus

Noun

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거웃 (geout)

  1. pubic hair
    Synonym: 음모(陰毛) (eummo)

Derived terms

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