Korean/Words/거흠

거흠

Palate, or roof of the mouth

Cross-section of a tooth with gums labeled

Roman: geoheum
Alias: 거훔 (geohum) [1]
Noun [2] [3]
‘입천장’의 옛말
palate, literally "roof of the mouth" 
 cf. English gums "flesh around teeth"[4] 
 cf. German Gaumen "roof of the mouth"

Synonyms

입천장 (ib-cheonjang, "palate, roof of the mouth") cf. Sino-Korean 구개 (口蓋, gugae) ^[5]
웃거흠 (ut-, obsolete "upper jaw") ^[6]
입웃거흠 (ib-ut-, obsolete "upper jaw") ^[7]
위턱 (wi-teog, "upper jaw") cf. Sino-Korean 상악 (上顎, sang-ag)

Relatives

아래턱 (arae-teog, "lower jaw") cf. Sino-Korean 하악 (下顎, ha-ag)
턱 (teog, "jaw, chin")
턱뼈 (teog-ppyeo, "jawbone, mandible")
잇몸 (it-mom, "gum, flesh around teeth")
구무 (gumu, obsolete "hole, cavity")

Comparatives

flesh around teeth	roof of the mouth
Danish: tandkød, gumme Dutch: tandvlees English: gum German: Zahnfleisch Icelandic: tannhold Norwegian: tannkjøtt Swedish: tandkött	German: Gaumen Icelandic: gómur Old English gōma Swedish: gom Miscellany Danish: gane Norwegian: gane Dutch: verhemelte English: palate

Revision of wikt: 거흠

Revision as of 11:43, 17 December 2006 (edit) KYPark (talk \| contribs) ~~[1]~~
Korean Alternative forms 거훔 (geohum) (obsolete) 거엄 (geoEom) (obsolete) Etymology Of native Korean origin. Noun 거흠 • (geoheum) (obsolete) jawbone Synonyms 턱뼈 (teokppyeo) 악골 (顎骨, akgol) Derived terms 웃거흠 (utgeoheum): upper jawbone 입웃거흠 (ibutgeoheum): upper jawbone Related terms 턱 (teok): jaw 뼈 (ppyeo): bone 어금니 (eogeumni): (grinding, molar) cheek tooth 입천장 (입天障, ipcheonjang): palate 잇몸 (inmom): gum ~~[...]~~^[8] See also 구무 (gumu): (obsolete) hole, hollow, cavity Category: Korean nouns Category: Native Korean words

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↑ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/거흠
↑ This sense of gum is a result of semantic change from the original "palate".
↑ Equal to Chinese 上顎 (shàng'è), 口蓋 (kǒugài), 齶 (è) "palate, roof of mouth"
↑ Together with the Chinese counterpart 上顎, this makes sense of "palate, roof of the mouth" at last.
↑ This is the most precise and least concise. Korean 웃거흠 is more precise and less concise than Korean 거흠.
↑ ~~(derived from Old English goma, Old High German goumo "palate")~~
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[4] This sense of gum is a result of semantic change from the original "palate".

[5] Equal to Chinese 上顎 (shàng'è), 口蓋 (kǒugài), 齶 (è) "palate, roof of mouth"

[6] Together with the Chinese counterpart 上顎, this makes sense of "palate, roof of the mouth" at last.

[7] This is the most precise and least concise. Korean 웃거흠 is more precise and less concise than Korean 거흠.

[8] ~~(derived from Old English goma, Old High German goumo "palate")~~
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