뫼
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| 뫼뫽뫾뫿묀묁묂 묃묄묅묆묇묈묉 묊묋묌묍묎묏묐 묑묒묓묔묕묖묗 | |
| 뫠 ← | → 묘 |
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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 묗〯 (Yale: mwǒyh), from pre-MK <*mwòrV́h>.
The more archaic, perhaps dialectal Middle Korean form *모로〮 (Yale: *mwòlwó) is attested as part of the place name 피〮모로〮 (Yale: Phímwòlwó) in the 1447 Yongbi eocheonga. Beyond Korean sources, the earliest attestations are given in eighth-century Old Japanese documents as 山 (mure), presumably reflecting the Old Korean pronunciations of the era.[1] Compare 모롱이 (morong'i, “curve of a mountain spur”).
The original "mountain" sense has been mostly displaced by Sino-Korean 산(山) (san), which began to drive out the native word in the eighteenth century. The "tomb" sense is from the nineteenth century, reinforced by the unrelated Sino-Korean 묘 (墓, myo, “tomb”).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [mwe̞(ː)] ~ [mø̞(ː)]
- Phonetic hangul: [뭬(ː)/뫼(ː)]
- Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | moe |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | moe |
| McCune–Reischauer? | moe |
| Yale Romanization? | mōy |
Noun
뫼 • (moe)
- (dated) grave
- Synonyms: 무덤 (mudeom), 묘(墓) (myo)
- (archaic, original meaning) mountain
- Synonym: 산(山) (san)
Usage notes
- In the South Korean theoretical standard, the archaic "mountain" sense is covered by the phonetic variant 메 (me), and 뫼 (moe) should refer solely to the grave. In practice, 메 (me, “mountain”) is wholly obsolete, while 뫼 (moe) still sees occasional use in the "mountain" sense.
Derived terms
- 묏자리 (moetjari, “gravesite”)
References
- Rei Fukui (2018-03-30) 小倉進平『朝鮮語方言の研究』所載資料による言語地図とその解釈―第２集, 東京大学人文社会系研究科 韓国朝鮮文化研究室, page 5-8
Middle Korean
Noun
뫼〯 (mwǒy)
- Isolated form spelling of 묗〯 (mwǒyh, “mountain”)