움

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [um]
• Phonetic hangul: [움]

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

Etymology 1

우욱욲욳운욵욶 욷울욹욺욻욼욽 욾욿움웁웂웃웄 웅웆웇웈웉웊웋
요 ←	→ 워

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 움 • (um)

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

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin.

Noun

움 • (um)

1. bud; shoot; sprout (at the earliest stage, hence not yet unfolded)
2. dugout

Synonyms

• 눈 (nun, “bud; eye; snow”)
• 싹 (ssak, “bud; sprout; omen”)
• 새싹 (saessak, “(literally) new sprout”)

Derived terms

• 움막 (ummak, “dugout hut”)
• 움집 (umjip, “dugout hut”)
• 움트다 (umteuda, “to bud; to sprout”)
• 움푹 (umpuk, “in hollows; pits”)

 

Related terms

• 오목 (omok, “concave (smaller)”)
• 우묵 (umuk, “concave (larger)”)
• 울 (ul, “enclosure, fence, wall”)