그리마
Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kɯɾima̠]
- Phonetic hangul: [그리마]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | geurima |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | geulima |
| McCune–Reischauer? | kŭrima |
| Yale Romanization? | kulima |
Noun
[edit]그리마 • (geurima)
- house centipede (centipedes of the family Scutigeridae)
- Synonym: 돈벌레 (donbeolle)