구름

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 屈林.

In the hangul script, first attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 구〮룸 (Yale: kwúlwùm).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kuɾɯm]
• Phonetic hangul: [구름]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gureum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	guleum
McCune–Reischauer?	kurŭm
Yale Romanization?	kwulum

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 구름의 / 구름에 / 구름까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on both syllables, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

구름 (gureum)

구름 • (gureum)

1. cloud

   구름 개다

   gureum gaeda

   (of clouds) to be cleared

   구름 끼다

   gureum kkida

   to be clouded

   구름 덮이다

   gureum deopida

   to be covered with clouds

   구름 잡다

   gureum japda

   to be as fantastic as "to catch the cloud"

Derived terms

• 구름다리 (gureumdari, “elevated bridge”)
• 구름바다 (gureumbada, “sea of clouds”)
• 높쌘구름 (nopssaen'gureum, “altocumulus”)
• 높층구름 (nopcheunggureum, “altostratus”)
• 뭉게구름 (munggegureum, “cumulus”)
• 비층구름 (bicheunggureum, “nimbostratus”)
• 쌘비구름 (ssaenbigureum, “cumulonimbus”)
• 층구름 (cheunggureum, “stratus”)
• 층쌘구름 (cheungssaen'gureum, “stratocumulus”)
• 털구름 (teolgureum, “cirrocumulus”)
• 털쌘구름 (teolssaen'gureum, “cirrus”)
• 털층구름 (teolcheunggureum, “cirrostratus”)

 

See also

• 雲 (un), the hanja for cloud