거우루
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Middle Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Modern dialectal 게골 (gegol, “mirror”) suggests that the Proto-Korean form may have had a leniting velar in the second syllable.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]거우〮루 (kè(G)wúlwù)
- mirror
- 1459, 月印釋譜 / 월인석보 [Worin seokbo], page 11:81a:
- 가ᄌᆞᆯ〮비〮건댄〮 ᄆᆞᆯᄀᆞᆫ〮 거우〮뤼 여러〮 가짓〮 色像 디니〮ᄃᆞᆺ〮 ᄒᆞ니〮
- kàcólpíkèntáyn mòlkón kè(G)wúlwù-y yèlé kàcí-s SÓYK.SSYǍNG tìnítós hòní
- To draw an analogy, it is as with how the clear mirror contains images of various kinds
Alternative forms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Korean: 거울 (geoul, “mirror”)