소금

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Won'gakgyeong eonhae (圓覺經諺解 / 원각경언해), 1465, as Middle Korean 소곰 (Yale: swòkwòm).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰo̞ɡɯm]
• Phonetic hangul: [소금]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sogeum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sogeum
McCune–Reischauer?	sogŭm
Yale Romanization?	sokum

• Homophone: 속음 (sogeum)
• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 소금의 / 소금에 / 소금까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.

Noun

소금 • (sogeum)

1. salt

   한 줌의 소금 ― han jum-ui sogeum ― a pinch of salt

   소금물 ― sogeum-mul ― saltwater

   소금을 많이 넣으면 음식이 짜다.

   Sogeum-eul mani neo'eumyeon eumsig-i jjada.

   If you put in a lot of salt, the food is salty.

Alternative forms

• 소곰 (sogom) – southern Gyeongsang

See also

• 鹽 (yeom), the hanja for salt