부음

Early Modern Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 訃音.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [puː.ɨm]

Noun

부음 (pwuum) (hanja 訃音)

1. news of someone's death
   • 1617, “烈女圖／열녀도”, in 東國新續三綱行實圖／동국신속삼강행실도 [New Edition of the Korean Illustrated Conduct of the Three Bonds]:

     부음 듣고 즉시 목욕 ᄀᆡ복ᄒᆞ고 다락긔 올라 ᄂᆞ려뎌 주그니 […]

     pwuum tutkwo cuksi mwokywok koypwok-hokwo talak-ᅟuy wolla nolyetye cwukuni […]

     Hearing news of [her husband's] death, [the wife] promptly bathed and donned her [mourning dress]; and then she ascended to the terrace and threw herself off of it, plunging to [her] death.

Descendants

• Korean: 부음(訃音) (bueum)

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 訃音.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈpu(ː)ɯm]
• Phonetic hangul: [부(ː)음]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bueum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bueum
McCune–Reischauer?	puŭm
Yale Romanization?	pūum

Noun

부음 • (bueum) (hanja 訃音)

1. obituary; news of someone's death

Derived terms

• 부음란(訃音欄) (bueumnan)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 父音.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [puɯm]
• Phonetic hangul: [부음]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bueum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bueum
McCune–Reischauer?	puŭm
Yale Romanization?	puum

Noun

부음 • (bueum) (hanja 父音)

1. (phonetics) Synonym of 자음(子音) (ja'eum, “consonant”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈpu(ː)ɯm]
• Phonetic hangul: [부(ː)음]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bueum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bueum
McCune–Reischauer?	puŭm
Yale Romanization?	pūum

Verb

부음 • (bueum)

1. verbal noun of 붓다 (butda, “to pour”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈpu(ː)ɯm]
• Phonetic hangul: [부(ː)음]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bueum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bueum
McCune–Reischauer?	puŭm
Yale Romanization?	pūum

Verb

부음 • (bueum)

1. verbal noun of 붓다 (butda, “to swell up”)