"울" meaning in Korean

See 울 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [uɭ] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: ul [romanization]
Etymology: First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 욿 (Yale: wulh). Etymology templates: {{ko-etym-native|bdb|욿|wulh}} First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 욿 (Yale: wulh). Head templates: {{ko-noun}} 울 • (ul)
  1. wall, fence
    Sense id: en-울-ko-noun-CZaJkFdD Categories (other): Native Korean words Disambiguation of Native Korean words: 32 32 36
  2. cage
    Sense id: en-울-ko-noun-WUO-Eg5J Categories (other): Native Korean words Disambiguation of Native Korean words: 32 32 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 담 (dam) (english: wall), 바람 (baram) (english: wall), 바람벽 (barambyeok) (alt: 바람壁) (english: wall), 벽 (byeok) (alt: 壁) (english: wall) Derived forms: 울안 (uran), 울타리 (ultari) (english: fence)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [uɭ] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: ul [romanization]
Etymology: Of native Korean origin. Etymology templates: {{ko-etym-native}} Of native Korean origin. Head templates: {{ko-noun}} 울 • (ul)
  1. family, friend, kinsfolk, relatives
    Sense id: en-울-ko-noun-1eHkz9FU Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Native Korean words Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 62 5 5 19 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 7 7 47 7 7 25 Disambiguation of Native Korean words: 32 32 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: [uɭ] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: ul [romanization]
Etymology: From English wool. Etymology templates: {{bor|ko|en|wool}} English wool Head templates: {{ko-noun}} 울 • (ul)
  1. wool
    Sense id: en-울-ko-noun-~rZyoubq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Pronoun

IPA: [uɭ] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: ul [romanization]
Etymology: Contraction of 우리 (uri). Etymology templates: {{contraction|ko|우리}} Contraction of 우리 (uri) Head templates: {{ko-pos|pronoun}} 울 • (ul)
  1. (colloquial) we, our Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-울-ko-pron-PKvSIpgG Categories (other): Korean pronouns
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: [uɭ] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: ul [romanization]
Head templates: {{ko-verb-form}} 울 • (ul)
  1. future determiner of 울다 (ulda, “to cry”) Tags: determiner, form-of, future Form of: 울다 (extra: ulda, “to cry”)
    Sense id: en-울-ko-verb-jva74Ln5 Categories (other): Korean terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 10 10 17 10 10 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "uran",
      "word": "울안"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "fence",
      "roman": "ultari",
      "translation": "fence",
      "word": "울타리"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "욿",
      "욿#Middle_Korean"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "2": "욿",
        "3": "wulh"
      },
      "expansion": "First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 욿 (Yale: wulh).",
      "name": "ko-etym-native"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ul",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "울 • (ul)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 32 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Native Korean words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wall, fence"
      ],
      "id": "en-울-ko-noun-CZaJkFdD",
      "links": [
        [
          "wall",
          "wall"
        ],
        [
          "fence",
          "fence"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 32 36",
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-울-ko-noun-WUO-Eg5J",
      "links": [
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          "cage",
          "cage"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[uɭ]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "울"
    },
    {
      "other": "[울]"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "wall",
      "roman": "dam",
      "translation": "wall",
      "word": "담"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "wall",
      "roman": "baram",
      "translation": "wall",
      "word": "바람"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "바람壁",
      "english": "wall",
      "roman": "barambyeok",
      "translation": "wall",
      "word": "바람벽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "壁",
      "english": "wall",
      "roman": "byeok",
      "translation": "wall",
      "word": "벽"
    }
  ],
  "word": "울"
}

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    [
      "우리",
      "우리#Korean"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
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        "2": "우리"
      },
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      "name": "contraction"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Contraction of 우리 (uri).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ul",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "울 • (ul)",
      "name": "ko-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "pron",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "we, our"
      ],
      "id": "en-울-ko-pron-PKvSIpgG",
      "links": [
        [
          "we",
          "we"
        ],
        [
          "our",
          "our"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) we, our"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[uɭ]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "울"
    },
    {
      "other": "[울]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "울"
}

{
  "etymology_number": "3",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Of native Korean origin.",
      "name": "ko-etym-native"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of native Korean origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ul",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "울 • (ul)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 62 5 5 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 7 47 7 7 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 32 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Native Korean words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "family, friend, kinsfolk, relatives"
      ],
      "id": "en-울-ko-noun-1eHkz9FU",
      "links": [
        [
          "family",
          "family"
        ],
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ],
        [
          "kinsfolk",
          "kinsfolk"
        ],
        [
          "relatives",
          "relatives"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[uɭ]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "울"
    },
    {
      "other": "[울]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "울"
}

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  "etymology_links": [
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      "wool",
      "wool#English"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "4",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "wool"
      },
      "expansion": "English wool",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English wool.",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "울 • (ul)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "wool"
      ],
      "id": "en-울-ko-noun-~rZyoubq",
      "links": [
        [
          "wool",
          "wool"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[uɭ]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "울"
    },
    {
      "other": "[울]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "울"
}

{
  "etymology_number": "5",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ul",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "울 • (ul)",
      "name": "ko-verb-form"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 17 10 10 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "ulda, “to cry”",
          "word": "울다"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "future determiner of 울다 (ulda, “to cry”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-울-ko-verb-jva74Ln5",
      "links": [
        [
          "울다",
          "울다#Korean"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "determiner",
        "form-of",
        "future"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[uɭ]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "울"
    },
    {
      "other": "[울]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "울"
}
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    "Korean lemmas",
    "Korean non-lemma forms",
    "Korean nouns",
    "Korean terms derived from Middle Korean",
    "Korean terms inherited from Middle Korean",
    "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
    "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Korean verb forms",
    "Native Korean words",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "uran",
      "word": "울안"
    },
    {
      "english": "fence",
      "roman": "ultari",
      "translation": "fence",
      "word": "울타리"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "욿",
      "욿#Middle_Korean"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "2": "욿",
        "3": "wulh"
      },
      "expansion": "First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 욿 (Yale: wulh).",
      "name": "ko-etym-native"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 욿 (Yale: wulh).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ul",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "울 • (ul)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wall, fence"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wall",
          "wall"
        ],
        [
          "fence",
          "fence"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cage"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cage",
          "cage"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[uɭ]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "울"
    },
    {
      "other": "[울]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "wall",
      "roman": "dam",
      "translation": "wall",
      "word": "담"
    },
    {
      "english": "wall",
      "roman": "baram",
      "translation": "wall",
      "word": "바람"
    },
    {
      "alt": "바람壁",
      "english": "wall",
      "roman": "barambyeok",
      "translation": "wall",
      "word": "바람벽"
    },
    {
      "alt": "壁",
      "english": "wall",
      "roman": "byeok",
      "translation": "wall",
      "word": "벽"
    }
  ],
  "word": "울"
}

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    "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
    "Korean lemmas",
    "Korean non-lemma forms",
    "Korean pronouns",
    "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
    "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Korean verb forms",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
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  ],
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      "우리",
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    ]
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        "romanization"
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    }
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        "Korean colloquialisms"
      ],
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        "we, our"
      ],
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        [
          "we",
          "we"
        ],
        [
          "our",
          "our"
        ]
      ],
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        "(colloquial) we, our"
      ],
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[uɭ]",
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        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "울"
    },
    {
      "other": "[울]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "울"
}

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      ],
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        [
          "family",
          "family"
        ],
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ],
        [
          "kinsfolk",
          "kinsfolk"
        ],
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          "relatives",
          "relatives"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[uɭ]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "울"
    },
    {
      "other": "[울]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "울"
}

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    "Korean lemmas",
    "Korean non-lemma forms",
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    "Korean terms derived from English",
    "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
    "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
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    "Pages with entries"
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From English wool.",
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        "romanization"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[uɭ]",
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        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "울"
    },
    {
      "other": "[울]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "울"
}

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    "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
    "Korean non-lemma forms",
    "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
    "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Korean verb forms",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "word": "울다"
        }
      ],
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        "future determiner of 울다 (ulda, “to cry”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "울다",
          "울다#Korean"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "determiner",
        "form-of",
        "future"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[uɭ]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "울"
    },
    {
      "other": "[울]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "울"
}

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