Korean/Words/풀무

풀무

The bellows inhale and exhale as the lungs do.

The lungs inhale and exhale as the bellows do.

Roman: pulmu
Older: 불무 (bulmu), 불모 (bulmo)
Noun [1] [2]
불을 피울 때에 바람을 일으키는 기구. [3]
bellows [4]

불 (bul, "fire") 바람 (baram, "wind" ie air flow) 부레 (bure, "bladder") 부아 (bua, "lung") 볼 (bol, "cheek; ball (of thumb, feet, shoes, etc.)" 볼기 (bolgi, "buttocks") 볼록 (bollok, "convex") (mild, weak imitative) ^[5] 불룩 (bollok, "convex") (wild, strong imitative) ^[6]	불다 (bulda, "to blow") 부르다 (bureuda, "to swell, bulge" adj. "to be full, bulging") 부풀다 (bupulda, "to swell, bulge") 불리다 (bullida, "to make (something) swell; to make (iron) hardened") 불거지다 (bulgeojida, "to bulge")

The accordion is a musical bellows, as it were. ^[7]

↑ https://ko.dict.naver.com/#/search?query=풀무
↑ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/풀무
↑ Instead of the bellows, you may use your cheek and mouth as well as lungs to blow the fire.
↑ (informal, archaic) the lungs
↑ Antonym: 오목 (omog, "concave")
↑ Antonym: 우묵 (umug, "concave")
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Accordion § Bellows

The bellows is the most recognizable part of the instrument, and the primary means of articulation. The production of sound in an accordion is in direct proportion to the motion of the bellows by the player. In a sense, the role of the bellows can be compared to the role of moving a violin's bow on bowed strings. For a more direct analogy, the bellows can be compared to the role of breathing for a singer.