Korean/Words/곰

곰

Yellow bear near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

Polar bear

Roman: gom
Noun [1] [2]
포유강 식육목 곰과의 동물을 통틀어 이르는 말. 몸이 비대하며 다리가 굵고 짧다. 꼬리는 털에 가려져 보일 듯 말 듯 하다. 털은 갈색, 검은색 따위가 있으며 길고 거칠다. 깊은 산이나 북극 지방에 살며 나무에 잘 오르고 잡식성으로 대부분 겨울에는 굴속에서 겨울잠을 잔다. 대부분 북반구에 분포한다.
bear

Hyponyms

불곰 (bul-, "brown bear" lit. "fire bear") cf. w: Bear #Etymology ^[3]
흰곰 (huin-, "polar bear" lit. "white bear")

Comparatives

Korean vs. Japanese

Korean	Japanese
고마 (goma, obsolete, "bear")	熊 (クマ, kuma, "bear")
구무 (gumu, obsolete, "hole")	隈 (クマ, kuma, "cove, corner")

Korean vs. Germanic
- English groom
  Etymology
  
  1604, short for bridegroom (“husband-to-be”), from Middle English brydgrome, alteration (with intrusive r) of earlier bridegome (“bridegroom”), from Old English brȳdguma (“bridegroom”), from brȳd (“bride”) + guma (“man, hero”). ...
- Old English guma
  1. (poetic) man, hero
  Synonyms: beorn #Old English
- Old English beorn
  1. (poetic) man, warrior
  Synonyms: guma #Old English
  
  Etymology
  
  The origin is disputed. A phonetically exact correspondence exists in Old Norse bjǫrn (“bear”), ...
- As such:

gom	bear
Korean 곰 (gom)	English bear.
Old English guma ^[4]	Old English beorn ^[5]

↑ https://ko.dict.naver.com/#/search?query=곰
↑ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/곰
↑ English bear may be cognate with fire or pyre rather than brown.
↑ cf. Japanese 熊 (クマ, kuma, "bear")
↑ cf. Etymology: A phonetically exact correspondence exists in Old Norse bjǫrn (“bear”).

[1] ttps://ko.dict.naver.com/#/search?query=곰

[2] ttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/곰

[3] English bear may be cognate with fire or pyre rather than brown.

[4] . Japanese 熊 (クマ, kuma, "bear")

[5] . Etymology: A phonetically exact correspondence exists in Old Norse bjǫrn (“bear”).

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