굼벵이

Jeju

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽kumpeŋi⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [kumbeŋi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [굼벵이]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gumbeng'i
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gumbeng'i
Yale Romanization?kwumpeyng.i

Noun

굼벵이 (gumbeng'i)

  1. cicada larva

References
  • “굼벵이” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 굼〯버ᇰ (Yale: kwǔmpèng). The modern form has the nominal suffix 이 (-i) attached.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈku(ː)mbe̞ŋi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [굼(ː)벵이]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gumbeng'i
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gumbeng'i
McCune–Reischauer?kumbengi
Yale Romanization?kwūmpeyngi

Noun

굼벵이 • (gumbeng'i)

  1. larva of a beetle or cicada
Ideophones derived from 곰/굼 (gom/gum-, "moving, squirming")
Old Korean: 丘物叱丘物叱 (*kwumulskwumuls)
Middle Korean: 구믈구믈 (kwumulkwumul)
Yang-vowel form
Yin-vowel form
고물고물 (gomulgomul)
고무락고무락 (gomurakgomurak)		꼬물꼬물 (kkomulkkomul)
꼬무락꼬무락 (kkomurakkkomurak)		구물구물 (gumulgumul)
구무럭구무럭 (gumureokgumureok)		꾸물꾸물 (kkumulkkumul)
꾸무럭꾸무럭 (kkumureokkkumureok)
곰실곰실 (gomsilgomsil)
곰지락 (gomjirak)
곰지락곰지락 (gomjirakgomjirak)		꼼실꼼실 (kkomsilkkomsil)
꼼지락 (kkomjirak)
꼼지락꼼지락 (kkomjirakkkomjirak)		굼실굼실 (gumsilgumsil)
굼지럭 (gumjireok)
굼지럭굼지럭 (gumjireokgumjireok)		꿈실꿈실 (kkumsilkkumsil)
꿈지럭 (kkumjireok)
꿈지럭꿈지럭 (kkumjireokkkumjireok)
곰틀 (gomteul)
곰틀곰틀 (gomteulgomteul)		꼼틀 (kkomteul)
꼼틀꼼틀 (kkomteulkkomteul)
꼼트락꼼트락 (kkomteurakkkomteurak)		굼틀 (gumteul)
굼틀굼틀 (gumteulgumteul)		꿈틀 (kkumteul)
꿈틀꿈틀 (kkumteulkkumteul)
꿈트럭꿈트럭 (kkumteureokkkumteureok)
굼뜨다 (gumtteuda, “to be sluggish”) (adjective)
굼벵이 (gumbeng'i, “larva”) (noun)
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