그리마

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Yeogeo yuhae (譯語類解 / 역어유해), 1690, as Early Modern Korean 그리매 (Yale: kulimay). Original meaning: "earwig". Displaced 지차리 (Yale: cichali), the original word for "house centipede".

The Middle Korean word for "earwig" was the longer 그르메〮너흐〮리〮 (Yale: kùlùméynèhúlí), compound of 그르메〮 (Yale: kùlùméy, “shadow; shaded place”) + unknown element *nèhúlí. The second element appears to have been dropped.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kɯɾima̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [그리마]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	geurima
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	geulima
McCune–Reischauer?	kŭrima
Yale Romanization?	kulima

Noun

그리마 • (geurima)

1. house centipede (centipedes of the family Scutigeridae)

   Synonym: 돈벌레 (donbeolle)