거붑

Middle Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kə.pup/, [kə̀.búp̚]

Noun

거붑〮 (kèpwúp)

  1. tortoise, turtle
    • 1447, 석보상절21 [seokbosangjeol21], translation of original in Classical Chinese, page 39b:
      ᄒᆞᆫ 눈 가진 거부비 ᄠᅳᆫ 나못 구무 맛나미 ᄀᆞᆮᄒᆞ니.
      Hon nwun kacin kepwup-i ptu-n namwo-s kwumwu masna-mi kotho-ni.
      [original: 又如一眼之龜,值浮木孔。]
      It is akin to a turtle with only one eye encountering a hole in a floating piece of wood.

Descendants

  • Jeju: 거북 (geobuk)
  • Korean: 거북 (geobuk)
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