"뱀" meaning in Korean

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Noun

IPA: [pɛ(ː)m] [SK-Standard, Seoul], [pe̞(ː)m] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: baem [romanization]
Etymology: First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean ᄇᆞ〮얌 (Yale: pò.yám). Also attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄇᆡ얌 (Yale: poyyam). See also the now obsolete uncontracted form 배암 (baeam). Possibly cognate with Old Japanese 蛇 (pemi), modern Japanese 蛇 (hebi, “snake”). Etymology templates: {{ko-etym-native|hh|ᄇᆞ〮얌|pò.yám}} First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean ᄇᆞ〮얌 (Yale: pò.yám)., {{ko-etym-native|ss|ᄇᆡ얌|poyyam|also=y}} Also attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄇᆡ얌 (Yale: poyyam)., {{ko-l|배암}} 배암 (baeam), {{cog|ojp|蛇|tr=pemi}} Old Japanese 蛇 (pemi), {{cog|ja|蛇|t=snake|tr=hebi}} Japanese 蛇 (hebi, “snake”) Head templates: {{ko-noun}} 뱀 • (baem)
  1. snake, serpent Categories (lifeform): Snakes Synonyms: 배암 (baeam) [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-뱀-ko-noun-qotPEiWf 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 Hyponyms: 구렁이 (gureong'i) (english: rat snake), 까치살모사 (kkachisalmosa) (english: Gloydius saxatilis), 능구렁이 (neunggureong'i) (english: red-banded snake), 독사(毒蛇) (doksa) (english: viper, venomous snake), 먹구렁이 (meokgureong'i) (english: Manchurian rat snake), 무좌수 (mujwasu) (english: Oocatochus rufodorsatus), 무자치 (mujachi) (english: Oocatochus rufodorsatus), 북살모사 (buksalmosa) (english: Vipera berus), 살모사(殺母蛇) (salmosa) (english: pit viper, Korean mamushi, solenoglyph), 쇠살모사 (soesalmosa) (english: red-tongued pit viper), 시루레기 (siruregi), 유혈목이 (yuhyeolmogi) (english: tiger keelback, red-sided watersnake), 화사 (hwasa) (english: tiger keelback), 황구렁이 (hwanggureong'i) (english: Korean rat snake), 흑질백장 (heukjilbaekjang) (english: a type of black-and-white-patterned snake) Derived forms: 꽃뱀 (kkotbaem) (english: tiger keelback), 누룩뱀 (nurukbaem) (english: ratsnake, Elaphe dione), 도마뱀 (domabaem) (english: lizard), 도마뱀붙이 (domabaembuchi) (english: gecko, house lizard), 떼뱀 (ttebaem) (english: feathered snake), 물뱀 (mulbaem) (english: water snake), 밀뱀 (milbaem) (english: water snake) [North-Korean], 바다뱀 (badabaem) (english: sea snake), 뱀자리 (baemjari) (english: Serpens; constellation), 불뱀 (bulbaem) (english: fiery serpent), 비단뱀 (bidanbaem) (english: python), 비바리뱀 (bibaribaem) (english: black-headed snake), 세줄무늬뱀 (sejulmunuibaem) (english: Elaphe coreana, Elaphe davidi), 실뱀 (silbaem) (english: slender racer), 실뱀장어 (silbaemjang'eo) (english: elver), 줄꼬리뱀 (julkkoribaem) (english: beauty ratsnake), 줄뱀 (julbaem), 풀뱀 (pulbaem) (english: grass snake)

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hh",
        "2": "ᄇᆞ〮얌",
        "3": "pò.yám"
      },
      "expansion": "First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean ᄇᆞ〮얌 (Yale: pò.yám).",
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      "name": "ko-etym-native"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "1": "ojp",
        "2": "蛇",
        "tr": "pemi"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese 蛇 (pemi)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
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    }
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          "parents": [],
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          "english": "tiger keelback",
          "roman": "kkotbaem",
          "word": "꽃뱀"
        },
        {
          "english": "ratsnake, Elaphe dione",
          "roman": "nurukbaem",
          "word": "누룩뱀"
        },
        {
          "english": "lizard",
          "roman": "domabaem",
          "word": "도마뱀"
        },
        {
          "english": "gecko, house lizard",
          "roman": "domabaembuchi",
          "word": "도마뱀붙이"
        },
        {
          "english": "feathered snake",
          "roman": "ttebaem",
          "word": "떼뱀"
        },
        {
          "english": "water snake",
          "roman": "mulbaem",
          "word": "물뱀"
        },
        {
          "english": "water snake",
          "roman": "milbaem",
          "tags": [
            "North-Korean"
          ],
          "word": "밀뱀"
        },
        {
          "english": "sea snake",
          "roman": "badabaem",
          "word": "바다뱀"
        },
        {
          "english": "Serpens; constellation",
          "roman": "baemjari",
          "word": "뱀자리"
        },
        {
          "english": "fiery serpent",
          "roman": "bulbaem",
          "word": "불뱀"
        },
        {
          "english": "python",
          "roman": "bidanbaem",
          "word": "비단뱀"
        },
        {
          "english": "black-headed snake",
          "roman": "bibaribaem",
          "word": "비바리뱀"
        },
        {
          "english": "Elaphe coreana, Elaphe davidi",
          "roman": "sejulmunuibaem",
          "word": "세줄무늬뱀"
        },
        {
          "english": "slender racer",
          "roman": "silbaem",
          "word": "실뱀"
        },
        {
          "english": "elver",
          "roman": "silbaemjang'eo",
          "word": "실뱀장어"
        },
        {
          "english": "beauty ratsnake",
          "roman": "julkkoribaem",
          "word": "줄꼬리뱀"
        },
        {
          "roman": "julbaem",
          "word": "줄뱀"
        },
        {
          "english": "grass snake",
          "roman": "pulbaem",
          "word": "풀뱀"
        }
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      "glosses": [
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          "english": "rat snake",
          "roman": "gureong'i",
          "word": "구렁이"
        },
        {
          "english": "Gloydius saxatilis",
          "roman": "kkachisalmosa",
          "word": "까치살모사"
        },
        {
          "english": "red-banded snake",
          "roman": "neunggureong'i",
          "word": "능구렁이"
        },
        {
          "english": "viper, venomous snake",
          "roman": "doksa",
          "word": "독사(毒蛇)"
        },
        {
          "english": "Manchurian rat snake",
          "roman": "meokgureong'i",
          "word": "먹구렁이"
        },
        {
          "english": "Oocatochus rufodorsatus",
          "roman": "mujwasu",
          "word": "무좌수"
        },
        {
          "english": "Oocatochus rufodorsatus",
          "roman": "mujachi",
          "word": "무자치"
        },
        {
          "english": "Vipera berus",
          "roman": "buksalmosa",
          "word": "북살모사"
        },
        {
          "english": "pit viper, Korean mamushi, solenoglyph",
          "roman": "salmosa",
          "word": "살모사(殺母蛇)"
        },
        {
          "english": "red-tongued pit viper",
          "roman": "soesalmosa",
          "word": "쇠살모사"
        },
        {
          "roman": "siruregi",
          "word": "시루레기"
        },
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          "english": "tiger keelback, red-sided watersnake",
          "roman": "yuhyeolmogi",
          "word": "유혈목이"
        },
        {
          "english": "tiger keelback",
          "roman": "hwasa",
          "word": "화사"
        },
        {
          "english": "Korean rat snake",
          "roman": "hwanggureong'i",
          "word": "황구렁이"
        },
        {
          "english": "a type of black-and-white-patterned snake",
          "roman": "heukjilbaekjang",
          "word": "흑질백장"
        }
      ],
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          "snake",
          "snake"
        ],
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          "serpent",
          "serpent"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "roman": "baeam",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "배암"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[pɛ(ː)m]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pe̞(ː)m]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "뱀"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "tiger keelback",
      "roman": "kkotbaem",
      "word": "꽃뱀"
    },
    {
      "english": "ratsnake, Elaphe dione",
      "roman": "nurukbaem",
      "word": "누룩뱀"
    },
    {
      "english": "lizard",
      "roman": "domabaem",
      "word": "도마뱀"
    },
    {
      "english": "gecko, house lizard",
      "roman": "domabaembuchi",
      "word": "도마뱀붙이"
    },
    {
      "english": "feathered snake",
      "roman": "ttebaem",
      "word": "떼뱀"
    },
    {
      "english": "water snake",
      "roman": "mulbaem",
      "word": "물뱀"
    },
    {
      "english": "water snake",
      "roman": "milbaem",
      "tags": [
        "North-Korean"
      ],
      "word": "밀뱀"
    },
    {
      "english": "sea snake",
      "roman": "badabaem",
      "word": "바다뱀"
    },
    {
      "english": "Serpens; constellation",
      "roman": "baemjari",
      "word": "뱀자리"
    },
    {
      "english": "fiery serpent",
      "roman": "bulbaem",
      "word": "불뱀"
    },
    {
      "english": "python",
      "roman": "bidanbaem",
      "word": "비단뱀"
    },
    {
      "english": "black-headed snake",
      "roman": "bibaribaem",
      "word": "비바리뱀"
    },
    {
      "english": "Elaphe coreana, Elaphe davidi",
      "roman": "sejulmunuibaem",
      "word": "세줄무늬뱀"
    },
    {
      "english": "slender racer",
      "roman": "silbaem",
      "word": "실뱀"
    },
    {
      "english": "elver",
      "roman": "silbaemjang'eo",
      "word": "실뱀장어"
    },
    {
      "english": "beauty ratsnake",
      "roman": "julkkoribaem",
      "word": "줄꼬리뱀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "julbaem",
      "word": "줄뱀"
    },
    {
      "english": "grass snake",
      "roman": "pulbaem",
      "word": "풀뱀"
    }
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      "name": "ko-etym-native"
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  "etymology_text": "First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean ᄇᆞ〮얌 (Yale: pò.yám). Also attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄇᆡ얌 (Yale: poyyam). See also the now obsolete uncontracted form 배암 (baeam).\nPossibly cognate with Old Japanese 蛇 (pemi), modern Japanese 蛇 (hebi, “snake”).",
  "forms": [
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    }
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      "roman": "gureong'i",
      "word": "구렁이"
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      "english": "Gloydius saxatilis",
      "roman": "kkachisalmosa",
      "word": "까치살모사"
    },
    {
      "english": "red-banded snake",
      "roman": "neunggureong'i",
      "word": "능구렁이"
    },
    {
      "english": "viper, venomous snake",
      "roman": "doksa",
      "word": "독사(毒蛇)"
    },
    {
      "english": "Manchurian rat snake",
      "roman": "meokgureong'i",
      "word": "먹구렁이"
    },
    {
      "english": "Oocatochus rufodorsatus",
      "roman": "mujwasu",
      "word": "무좌수"
    },
    {
      "english": "Oocatochus rufodorsatus",
      "roman": "mujachi",
      "word": "무자치"
    },
    {
      "english": "Vipera berus",
      "roman": "buksalmosa",
      "word": "북살모사"
    },
    {
      "english": "pit viper, Korean mamushi, solenoglyph",
      "roman": "salmosa",
      "word": "살모사(殺母蛇)"
    },
    {
      "english": "red-tongued pit viper",
      "roman": "soesalmosa",
      "word": "쇠살모사"
    },
    {
      "roman": "siruregi",
      "word": "시루레기"
    },
    {
      "english": "tiger keelback, red-sided watersnake",
      "roman": "yuhyeolmogi",
      "word": "유혈목이"
    },
    {
      "english": "tiger keelback",
      "roman": "hwasa",
      "word": "화사"
    },
    {
      "english": "Korean rat snake",
      "roman": "hwanggureong'i",
      "word": "황구렁이"
    },
    {
      "english": "a type of black-and-white-patterned snake",
      "roman": "heukjilbaekjang",
      "word": "흑질백장"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
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        "Korean lemmas",
        "Korean nouns",
        "Korean terms derived from Middle Korean",
        "Korean terms inherited from Middle Korean",
        "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable",
        "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
        "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Native Korean words",
        "ko:Snakes"
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      "glosses": [
        "snake, serpent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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        [
          "serpent",
          "serpent"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[pɛ(ː)m]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pe̞(ː)m]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "baeam",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "배암"
    }
  ],
  "word": "뱀"
}

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