"고구마" meaning in Korean

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Noun

IPA: [ˈko̞(ː)ɡuma̠] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: goguma [romanization]
Etymology: First attested in the Mulmyeonggo (물명고 / 物名考), 1824, as Early Modern Korean 고금아 (Yale: kokuma), borrowed from Japanese 孝行芋 (kōkō imo), a term used in the Tsushima dialect. Some earlier attestations are known, but they are in the context of quoting the dialectal Japanese word, not in a Korean context. Korean words for potatoes and sweet potatoes When sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) were first cultivated in Korea in the eighteenth century, the usual term for them was Sino-Korean 감져 (甘藷, gamjeo). However, this word became used for potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) as well when the latter were introduced to Korea in the nineteenth century. The potential for confusion between the two crops contributed to the growing popularity of the Japanese borrowing 고구마 (goguma). Most dialects, except for Jeju and Jeolla, eventually settled on 고구마 (goguma) as the word for sweet potatoes and 감자 (gamja) as the word for potatoes. Etymology templates: {{lang|ko|물명고 / 物名考}} 물명고 / 物名考, {{ko-etym-native|Mulmyeonggo (물명고 / 物名考)|고금아|kokuma|1824|dot=,}} First attested in the Mulmyeonggo (물명고 / 物名考), 1824, as Early Modern Korean 고금아 (Yale: kokuma),, {{bor|ko|ja|孝行芋|tr=kōkō imo}} Japanese 孝行芋 (kōkō imo) Head templates: {{ko-noun}} 고구마 • (goguma)
  1. sweet potato
    Sense id: en-고구마-ko-noun-EaM2Blat
  2. (Internet slang) plot development which frustrates the reader (e.g. the protagonist fails to achieve their goal) [from c. 2012] Tags: Internet Categories (lifeform): Root vegetables
    Sense id: en-고구마-ko-noun-3thwy8KX Disambiguation of Root vegetables: 26 74 Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Native Korean words, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable: 23 77 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 12 88 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Native Korean words: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 감자 (gamja) (english: potato), (ma) (english: yam)
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