곰비임비
Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ko̞mbiimbi]
- Phonetic hangul: [곰비임비]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | gombiimbi |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gombiimbi |
| McCune–Reischauer? | kombiimbi |
| Yale Romanization? | kompiimpi |
Ideophone
[edit]곰비임비 • (gombiimbi)
- recurrently, stackingly, repeatedly
- c. 1790, 樂學拾零 (Akhak Seumnyeong) [Tidbits of the Musical Sciences]:
- 님 ᄎᆞ즈라 天上으로 갈 ᄌᆡ 신 버서 손의 쥐고 보션 버셔 픔에 픔고 님뵈곰뵈 곰뵈님뵈 天方地方 地方天方 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 […]