굴허ᇰ

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kùl.hə́ŋ/

Noun

굴허ᇰ〮 (kwùlhéng)

1. depression in land:
   1. hole, pit (depression in the ground)
      • 1482, 南明集諺解 / 남명집언해 [Nammyeongjip eonhae], page I:60a:

        그 比(삥〮)丘(쿠ᇢ)ᅟㅣ 怒(농〯)ᄒᆞ〮야 그 겨〯지블〮 ᄧᅩᄎᆞ〮니 기픈〮 굴허ᇰ〮에 ᄲᅡ〮디〮여 주그〮니

        kù PPÍ.KHWÙW-y NWǑ-hóyà kù kyěcìp-úl pcwòchónì kìphún kwùlhéng-èy spátíyè cwùkúnì

        The furious bhikkhu chased after the woman, only for her to die falling into a deep pit.

   2. gully; ditch
      • 1459, 月印釋譜 / 월인석보 [Worin seokbo], pages 15:13a–b:

        ᄯᅡ〮 平(뼈ᇰ)호〮미〮 소ᇇ바다ᇰ〮 ᄀᆞᆮ〮ᄒᆞ〮야〮 뫼〯히며〮 두들〮기며〮 시〯내〯며〮 굴허〮ᅌᅵ〮 업〯고〮

        stá PPYÈNG-hwóm-í swònspàtáng kóthóyá mwǒyh-ìmyé twùtúlk-ìmyé sǐnǎy-myé kwùlhéng-í ěpkwó

        The land will be as level as the palm of the hand, free of mountains or hills, streams or gorges.

2. alley
   • 1447, “Stanza 48”, in 龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가 [Yongbi Eocheon'ga]:

     굴허〮ᅌᅦ〮 ᄆᆞᄅᆞᆯ〮 디〯내〯샤〮 도ᄌᆞ기〮 다〯 도라〮가니〮 半 길〯 노ᄑᆡᆫ〮ᄃᆞᆯ〮 년기〮 디〯나리〮ᅌᅵᆺ가〮

     kwùlhéng-éy mòl-ól tǐnǎysyá twòcòk-í tǎ twòlákàní PAN kǐl nwòphóy-ntól nyènk-í tǐnàlíngìká

     [Chased] into an alley, [emperor Taizu] had his horse leap over [a cliff a gil high], and all the bandits [had no choice but to] turn back. Even if it were half a gil high, could anyone else [i.e. the bandits] have done the same?

   • 1481, “題鄭十八著作丈 / 제정십팔저작장”, in 分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해 [Bullyu Dugongbu Si Eonhae], page 21:40b:

     기픈〮 굴허〮ᅌᅵ 슬프고〮 車馬ㅣ 그츠〮니 書案ㅅ 그테〮 글〮 닑던〮 반〮되 ᄆᆞᆯ라〮 주겟〮도다〮

     kìphún kwùlhéng-ì sùlphùkwó KE.MA-y kùchúnì SYE.AN-s kùth-éy kúl nìlktén pántwòy mòllá cwùké-ys-twòtá

     Desolate is the alley, its carriages and horses gone; dried up and dead are the fireflies on your desk, by [whose glow] you once read.

Descendants

• Early Modern Korean: 굴헝 (kwulheng), 굴엉 (kwuleng), 구렁 (kwuleng)
  • Korean: 구렁 (gureong)
• Jeju: 굴헝 (gulheong)