곰비임비

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Cheonggu yeongeon (靑丘永言 / 청구영언), 1728, as Early Modern Korean 곰븨님븨 (Yale: kwompuynimpuy), apparently from Middle Korean 곰ᄇᆡ (kwompoy) + 림ᄇᆡ (limpoy), but difficult to say for sure because the meaning of the two Middle Korean terms is unknown.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞mbiimbi]
• Phonetic hangul: [곰비임비]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gombiimbi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gombiimbi
McCune–Reischauer?	kombiimbi
Yale Romanization?	kompiimpi

Ideophone

곰비임비 • (gombiimbi)

1. recurrently, stackingly, repeatedly
   • c. 1790, 樂學拾零 (Akhak Seumnyeong) [Tidbits of the Musical Sciences]:

     님 ᄎᆞ즈라 天(쳔)上(상)으로 갈 ᄌᆡ 신 버서 손의 쥐고 보션 버셔 픔에 픔고 님뵈곰뵈 곰뵈님뵈 天(쳔)方(방)地(지)方(방) 地(지)方(방)天(쳔)方(방) ᄒᆞᆫ 번도 쉬지 말고 허위허위 올나가니 […]

     nim chajeura chyeonsang-euro gal jae sin beoseo son-ui jwigo bosyeon beosyeo peume peumgo nimboegomboe gomboenimboe chyeonbangjibang jibangchyeonbang han beon-do swiji malgo heowiheowi ollagani […]

     When I go to heaven to find my beloved, I take off my shoes and hold them in my hand, and take off my socks and hold them to my chest, and I go up exhaustedly, without a single moment of rest, again and again and again and again, this way and that and that way and this […]