보름

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 보롬〮 (Yale: pwòlwóm). Compare 부르— (bureu-, “(stomach, belly) to be full, inflated”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [po̞ɾɯm]
• Phonetic hangul: [보름]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	boreum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	boleum
McCune–Reischauer?	porŭm
Yale Romanization?	polum

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 보름의 / 보름에 / 보름까지

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the first syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

보름 • (boreum)

1. fifteen days, half month, fortnight
2. Clipping of 보름날 (boreumnal, “fifteenth day of the lunar month”).

Antonyms

• 그믐 (geumeum, “the last (day) of the lunar month”)
• 초승 (初—, choseung, “the first (day) of the lunar month, new moon”)

 

Derived terms

• 대보름 (daeboreum, “the first full moon of the lunar year”)
• 보름날 (boreumnal, “the 15th day of the lunar month”)
• 보름달 (boreumdal, “full moon”)
• 보름밤 (boreumbam, “full-moon night”)

 

See also

Korean words for the number of days

one day	two days	three days	four days	five days	six days	seven days	eight days	nine days	ten days	fifteen days
하루 (haru)	이틀 (iteul)	사흘 (saheul)	나흘 (naheul)	닷새 (datsae)	엿새 (yeotsae)	이레 (ire)	여드레 (yeodeure)	아흐레 (aheure)	열흘 (yeolheul)	보름 (boreum)