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

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

Middle Korean

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /móm/

Noun

몸〮 (mwóm) (locative 모매〮 (mwòm-áy))

  1. body

Descendants
  • Korean: 몸 (mom)
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