궐녀

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 厥女.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kwʌ̹ʎʎʌ̹]
Phonetic hangul: [궐려]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	gwollyeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	gwolnyeo
McCune–Reischauer^?	kwŏllyŏ
Yale Romanization^?	kwelnye

Pronoun

궐녀 • (gwollyeo) (hanja 厥女)

(literary, archaic) she
- 1907, Lee Injik, 이인직(李人稙) (I Injik), 鬼(귀)의 聲(셩) (Gwi-ui seong) [The Sound of the Ghost]:
  응, 부지럽지 그적게 져녁 에 궐녀를 다리고 갈 ᄯᆡ 에, 내 얼골 본 사ᄅᆞᆷ 이 만흔 걸
  eung, bujireopji geujeokge jeonyeog-e gwollyeo-reul darigo gal ttae-e, nae eolgol bon saram-i manheun geol
  "Well, It's useless. Many have [already] seen my face that evening when I went to take her back two days ago."
- 1922, Hyun Jin-geon, 현진건(玄鎭健), “피아노 (piano) [The Piano]”, in 開(개)闢(벽), number 29:
  厥(궐)女(녀)의 상판은 피 로 물들인 것 가티 새빨개 젓다. 厥(궐)女(녀)는 억지 로 그런 氣(기)色(색)을 감추랴고 애 를 쓰며 […]
  Gwollyeo-ui sangpan-eun pi-ro muldeurin geotgati saeppalgae jeotda. Gwollyeo-neun eokji-ro geureon gisaeg-eul gamchuryago ae-reul sseumyeo […]
  Her face blushed bright red as if it was doused in blood. As she tried her best to conceal those expressions […]
- 1989, Moon Soon-tae, 문순태(文淳太) (Mun Suntae), “義(의)兵(병) [The Righteous Soldier]”, in 타오르는 江(강) [The Burning River], volume 6:
  궐녀는 아들 이 밥 을 먹는 동안 아무 말 도 하지 않았다.
  Gwollyeo-neun adeur-i bab-eul meongneun dong'an amu mal-do haji anatda.
  She said nothing while her son was eating.
Synonym: 그녀(그女) (geunyeo)