보름

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 보롬 (pwolwom). Compare 부르— (bureu-, “(stomach, belly) to be full, inflated”).

• IPA^(key)[po̞ɾɯm]
• Phonetic Hangul[보름]

보름 • (boreum)

1. fifteen days, half month, fortnight
2. Clipping of 보름날 (boreumnal, “fifteenth day of the lunar month”).

• 만월 (滿月, manwol)
• 망 (望, mang)

• 초승 (初—, choseung, “the first (day) of the lunar month, new moon”)
• 그믐 (geumeum, “the last (day) of the lunar month”)

• 보름날 (boreumnal, “the 15th day of the lunar month”)
• 보름달 (boreumdal, “full moon”)
• 보름밤 (boreumbam, “full-moon night”)

• 한사리 (hansari, “spring tide, springs”)
• 조금 (jogeum, “neap tide, neaps”)