밥

밥 U+BC25, 밥 HANGUL SYLLABLE BAB Composition: ㅂ + ㅏ + ㅂ ← 밤 [U+BC24] Hangul Syllables 밦 → [U+BC26]

바박밖밗반밙밚 받발밝밞밟밠밡 밢밣밤밥밦밧밨 방밪밫밬밭밮밯
미 ←	→ 배

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 밥〮 (Yale: páp).

Joo (2021) suggests a mimetic origin of this word, as the baby-talk term for 'food' or 'to eat' in many languages tends to be similar to /papa/ or /mama/, some of which may change into the generic term for food. Compare 맘마 (mamma, “(childish) food; rice”).

Pronunciation

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

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• Phonetic hangul: [밥]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bap
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bab
McCune–Reischauer?	pap
Yale Romanization?	pap

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 밥의 / 밥에 / 밥까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

Noun

밥 • (bap)

1. cooked rice

   Synonym: (honorific) 진지 (jinji)

   밥을 먹다 ― bab-eul meokda ― to eat rice

2. meal

   Synonyms: 끼니 (kkini), 식사(食事) (siksa), (honorific) 진지 (jinji)

   밥을 먹다 ― bab-eul meokda ― to have a meal

   밥 뭇나? (Gyeongsang dialect) ― bap munna? ― Hello (literally, “Did you eat?”)

3. feed

   개밥 ― gaebap ― feed for dogs; dog food

4. (figurative) someone serving as an object of abuse

   내가 니 밥이냐? 왜 자꾸 괴롭혀?

   nae-ga ni bab-i-nya? wae jakku goerophyeo?

   Am I your punching bag? Why do you keep bothering me?

Derived terms

• 국밥 (gukbap, “rice merged in soup”)
• 김밥 (gimbap, “kimbap”)
• 덮밥 (deopbap)
• 밥값 (bapgap, “price of a meal”)
• (colloquial) 밥구멍 (bapgumeong, “throat”)
• 밥그릇 (bapgeureut, “bowl of boiled rice”)
• 밥때 (bapttae, “mealtime”)
• 밥맛 (bammat, “appetite”)
• 밥벌레 (bapbeolle, “idler”)
• 밥벌이 (bapbeori, “making a living”)
• 밥상(床) (bapsang, “dinner table”)
• 밥솥 (bapsot, “kettle for boiling rice”)
• 밥술 (bapsul, “spoonful of boiled rice”)
• 밥알 (babal, “grain of boiled rice”)
• 밥자루 (bapjaru, “idler”)
• 밥주걱 (bapjugeok, “spoon to scoop boiled rice”)
• 밥줄 (bapjul, “means of living”)
• 밥집 (bapjip, “chophouse”)
• 밥통 (baptong, “boiled rice tub”)
• 밥풀 (bap'pul, “grains of boiled rice”)
• 보리밥 (boribap, “boiled rice and barley”)
• 볶음밥 (bokkeumbap, “fried rice”)
• 비빔밥 (bibimbap, “bibimbap”)
• 쌀밥 (ssalbap, “boiled rice”)
• 연밥 (yeonbap, “lotus seeds”)
• 오곡밥 (ogokbap, “ogok-bap”)
• 잡곡밥 (japgokbap, “boiled rice and cereals”)
• 조밥 (jobap, “boiled rice and millet”)
• 찰밥 (chalbap, “boiled glutinous rice”)
• 콩밥 (kongbap, “boiled rice and beans”)
• 팥밥 (patbap, “boiled rice and red beans”)

 

See also

• 국 (guk, “soup”)
• 죽(粥) (juk, “gruel”)