엻

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Middle Korean

Etymology 1

From Old Korean 十尸 (*YEl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jə́lh/, [jə́l]

Numeral

엻〮 (yélh) (isolated 열〮 (yél), locative 열〮헤〮 (yélh-éy))

1. ten
   • 1447, “Stanza 18”, in 龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가 [Yongbi Eocheon'ga]:

     열〮희〮 ᄆᆞᅀᆞᄆᆞᆯ〮 하ᄂᆞᆯ히〮 달애〮시니〮

     yélh-úy mòzòm-ól hànòlh-í tàlGáysìní

     The heavens soothe the hearts of ten [people]

   • 1459, “Book 2, Page 38b”, in 月印釋譜 / 월인석보 [Worin Seokbo]:

     雪山ㅅ白象 열희 히미 ᄒᆞᆫ 香象만 몯ᄒᆞ니라

     sywelsan-s-baeksyang yélh-uy himihon baeksyangman mothonira

     The strength of ten white elephants on a snowy mountain is not as strong as that of one.

Descendants

• Jeju: 열 (yeol)
• Korean: 열 (yeol)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jə̀lh/, [jə̀l]

Noun

엻 (yèllh) (isolated 열 (yèl), locative 열헤〮 (yèlh-éy))

1. hemp
   • 1461, “Book 9, Page 106”, in 楞嚴經諺解 / 능엄경언해 [Neung'eomgyeong eonhae]:

     시혹 時예 ᄒᆞᄅᆞ 한 열콰(엻과) ᄒᆞᆫ 밀ᄒᆞᆯ 머거도 그 얼구리 ᄉᆞᆯ지리니

     sihwok siye horo han yelkhwa (yelh kwa) hon milhol meogeodo geu eolguri soljirini

     Sometimes you will grow healthy even if you eat one hemp seed and one grain of wheat a day.

Descendants

• Korean: 열 (yeol)