거울
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Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 거우〮루 (Yale: kè(G)wúlwù). The ancestral pre-Middle Korean form may have had a leniting velar in the second syllable.
Pronunciation
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Mirror_fretwork_english_looking-glass.png/220px-Mirror_fretwork_english_looking-glass.png)
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kʌ̹uɭ]
- Phonetic hangul: [거울]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | geoul |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | geoul |
McCune–Reischauer? | kŏul |
Yale Romanization? | kewul |
Noun
[edit]거울 • (geoul)
- mirror (a reflecting surface)
- (figurative) model for others