몸

몸

몸 U+BAB8, 몸 HANGUL SYLLABLE MOM Composition: ㅁ + ㅗ + ㅁ ← 몷 [U+BAB7] Hangul Syllables 몹 → [U+BAB9]

모목몪몫몬몭몮 몯몰몱몲몳몴몵 몶몷몸몹몺못몼 몽몾몿뫀뫁뫂뫃
몌 ←	→ 뫄

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 몸〮 (Yale: mwóm). Very likely related to Proto-Japonic *muy.[1]

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mo̞m]

  • (file)

• Phonetic hangul: [몸]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	mom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mom
McCune–Reischauer?	mom
Yale Romanization?	mom

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 몸의 / 몸에 / 몸까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

Noun

몸 • (mom)

1. body (of a human or animal)

   우리 몸 속에 있는 기생충의 알

   uri mom sog-e inneun gisaengchung-ui al

   the nits on our bodies

   그는 몸이 좋다.

   geu-neun mom-i jota.

   He has a nice body.

   그거 몸에 좋은 거야. (casual)

   geugeo mom-e jo'eun geo-ya.

   It's good for your body.

Derived terms

• 몸집 (momjip, “build”)

References

1. Vovin, Alexander (2010) Koreo-Japonica: A Re-Evaluation of a Common Genetic Origin‎, University of Hawai’i Press, →ISBN, JSTOR j.ctt6wqz03, page 194

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Middle Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /móm/

Noun

몸〮 (mwóm) (locative 모매〮 (mwòm-áy))

1. body

Descendants

• Korean: 몸 (mom)