거우루

Middle Korean

Etymology

Modern dialectal 게골 (gegol, “mirror”) suggests that the Proto-Korean form may have had a leniting velar in the second syllable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kə̀.(ɣ)ú.lù/

Noun

거우〮루 (kè(G)wúlwù)

1. mirror
   • 1459, 月印釋譜 / 월인석보 [Worin seokbo], page 11:81a:

     가ᄌᆞᆯ〮비〮건댄〮 ᄆᆞᆯᄀᆞᆫ〮 거우〮뤼 여러〮 가짓〮 色(ᄉᆡᆨ〮)像(쌰ᇰ〯) 디니〮ᄃᆞᆺ〮 ᄒᆞ니〮

     kàcólpíkèntáyn mòlkón kè(G)wúlwù-y yèlé kàcí-s SÓYK.SSYǍNG tìnítós hòní

     To draw an analogy, it is as with how the clear mirror contains images of various kinds

Alternative forms

• 거우로 (ke(G)wulwo), 거으로 (ke(G)ulwo)

Descendants

• Korean: 거울 (geoul, “mirror”)