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Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 窟 (“cave”).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ku(ː)ɭ]
- Phonetic hangul: [굴(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
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Revised Romanization? | gul |
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Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gul |
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McCune–Reischauer? | kul |
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Yale Romanization? | kwūl |
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Noun
굴 • (gul) (hanja 窟)
- cave
- tunnel
- den
- burrow
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 개미굴 (gaemigul)
- 굴길 (gulgil)
- 굴방(窟房) (gulbang)
- 굴속 (gulsok)
- 굴집 (guljip)
- 굴혈(窟穴) (gulhyeol)
- 눈굴 (nun'gul)
- 동굴(洞窟) (donggul)
- 땅굴 (ttanggul)
- 마굴(魔窟) (magul)
- 마귀굴(魔鬼窟) (magwigul)
- 범굴 (beomgul)
- 빈민굴(貧民窟) (binmin'gul)
- 산굴(山窟) (san'gul)
- 석굴(石窟) (seokgul)
- 선굴(仙窟) (seon'gul)
- 소굴(巢窟) (sogul)
- 탄광굴(炭鑛窟) (tan'gwanggul)
- 탄굴(炭窟) (tan'gul)
- 토굴(土窟) (togul)
- 토끼굴 (tokkigul)
Etymology 2
First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 굴〮 (Yale: kwúl).
Pronunciation
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Revised Romanization? | gul |
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Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gul |
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McCune–Reischauer? | kul |
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Yale Romanization? | kwul |
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Etymology 3
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.