丘物叱丘物叱

Old Korean

Ideophone

丘物叱丘物叱 (*kwumulskwumuls)

1. (hapax) moving slowly in succession
   • c. 965, 均如 (Gyunyeo), “恒順衆生歌 (Hangsunjungsaeng-ga)”, in 均如傳 (Gyunyeo-jeon) [Works of Gyunyeo]:

     法界居得丘物叱丘物叱爲乙

     *PEP.KYEY kotok kwumulskwumuls HO-nor

     for [the sentient beings] are moving slowly in succession, filling the world of dharma

Reconstruction notes

Conventionally reconstructed as *kwumulskwumuls, reflecting the Middle Korean reflex 구믈구믈 (Yale: kwumukwumul) but taking note of the phonogram 叱 (*-s). Some academic reconstructed readings of the sole poem where the ideophone is attested do not include */s/, but it is not clear if this is simply because they are casting back the Middle Korean reflex.

Related terms

Ideophones derived from 곰/굼 (gom/gum-, "moving, squirming")
Old Korean: 丘物叱丘物叱 (*kwumulskwumuls) Middle Korean: 구믈구믈 (kwumulkwumul)
Yang-vowel form		Yin-vowel form
고물고물 (gomulgomul) 고무락고무락 (gomurakgomurak)	꼬물꼬물 (kkomulkkomul) 꼬무락꼬무락 (kkomurakkkomurak)	구물구물 (gumulgumul) 구무럭구무럭 (gumureokgumureok)	꾸물꾸물 (kkumulkkumul) 꾸무럭꾸무럭 (kkumureokkkumureok)
곰실곰실 (gomsilgomsil) 곰지락 (gomjirak) 곰지락곰지락 (gomjirakgomjirak)	꼼실꼼실 (kkomsilkkomsil) 꼼지락 (kkomjirak) 꼼지락꼼지락 (kkomjirakkkomjirak)	굼실굼실 (gumsilgumsil) 굼지럭 (gumjireok) 굼지럭굼지럭 (gumjireokgumjireok)	꿈실꿈실 (kkumsilkkumsil) 꿈지럭 (kkumjireok) 꿈지럭꿈지럭 (kkumjireokkkumjireok)
곰틀 (gomteul) 곰틀곰틀 (gomteulgomteul)	꼼틀 (kkomteul) 꼼틀꼼틀 (kkomteulkkomteul) 꼼트락꼼트락 (kkomteurakkkomteurak)	굼틀 (gumteul) 굼틀굼틀 (gumteulgumteul)	꿈틀 (kkumteul) 꿈틀꿈틀 (kkumteulkkumteul) 꿈트럭꿈트럭 (kkumteureokkkumteureok)
굼뜨다 (gumtteuda, “to be sluggish”) (adjective) 굼벵이 (gumbeng'i, “larva”) (noun)

Descendants

• Middle Korean: 구믈구믈 (kwumulkwumul)
  • Korean: 구물구물 (gumulgumul) (see also chart below)

References

• 박지용 外 (Park Ji-yong et al.) (2012) 향가 해독 자료집 [hyangga haedok jaryojip, A Sourcebook of Hyangga Interpretations], Seoul National University, page 317