물

Jeju

Etymology

Cognate with Korean 물 (mul, “water”), possibly cognate with Japanese 水 (mizu, “water”).

Noun

물 (mul)

1. water

References

• “물” in Andrew Cheng; K. David Harrison, Jeju-eo Talking Dictionary, Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages, 2014.
• “물” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.

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Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [muɭ]

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• Phonetic hangul: [물]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	mul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mul
McCune–Reischauer?	mul
Yale Romanization?	mul

Etymology 1

무묵묶묷문묹묺 묻물묽묾묿뭀뭁 뭂뭃뭄뭅뭆뭇뭈 뭉뭊뭋뭌뭍뭎뭏
묘 ←	→ 뭐

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 물 • (mul)

1. (deprecated template usage) A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅁ, ㅜ, and ㄹ.

Etymology 2

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 믈 (Yale: mul). Possibly cognate with Japanese 水 (mizu, “water”).

Noun

물 • (mul)

1. water, a liquid widely distributed in the natural world in the form of rivers, lakes, oceans, and groundwater.

   제인, 이 글라디올러스가 왜 시들해지고 있을까? 얼마나 자주 물을 주었지?

   jein, i geulladiolleoseuga wae sideulhaejigo isseulkka? - eolmana jaju mureul jueotji?

   Jane, why is this gladiolus getting weak? - How often did you give water to it?

Derived terms

• 눈물 (nunmul, “tears”)

Prefix

물— • (mul-)

1. aquatic

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

물 (mul)

1. 勿:

   (MC reading: 勿 (MC mjut))

2. 物:

   (MC reading: 物 (MC mjut))

3. 沕:

   (MC reading: 沕 (MC mit|mjut))

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo). [1]