저우룸

Middle Korean

Etymology

From earlier *저ᄫᅳ룸 (*ceWulwum), attested in the Chaoxian Guanyiyu under Mandarin orthography 則卜論 (zébǔlùn). Further etymology unclear; seems to be an 음 (-um) nominalization of an unattested verb. Not attested in any other sense than as an Earthly Branch, although other Earthly Branches are referred to by corresponding animal names in Middle Korean.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sə.u.lum/

Noun

저우룸 (cewulwum)

1. 寅 (yín), the third of twelve earthly branches (十二支 (shí'èrzhī)): "Tiger"
   • 1525, 간이벽온방(簡易辟瘟方) [ganibyeogonbang, Simple Antidotes Against Pestilence], page 19a:

     ᄯᅩ 正(져ᇰ)月(월) 첫 저우룸 날 뒷간 앏ᄑᆡᆺ 검주를 ᄠᅳᆳ 가온ᄃᆡ ᄉᆞᆯ면 덥단 병긔를 업게 ᄒᆞᄂᆞ니라

     stwo CYENG.WUEL ces cewulwum nal twuyskan alpph-oy kemcwul-ul ptul-s kawontoy solmyen teptan pyengkuy-lul epkey hononila

     And if one burns kindling in the middle of the yard in front of the outhouse on the day of the Tiger, one will make the spirit of the pestilence disappear.

   • late 1600s, 십구사략언해(十九史略諺解) [sipgusaryageonhae, Korean Translation of the Epitome of the Nineteen Histories], pages 1–1:a:

     텬황시ᄂᆞᆫ 나무 덕으로ᄡᅥ 님금 되다 ᄒᆡ 저울음의 니러나

     thyenhwoangsi-non namwu tek-ulopse nimkum twoyta hoy cewulum-uy nilena […]

     Tianhuang became ruler by the potency of Wood; he rose when the year was the Tiger […]

     (Early Modern Korean, final attestation)

See also

• 범〯 (pĕm, “tiger”)