두름

Korean

Etymology

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From Middle Korean 두름 (twulum).

First attested in the Samguk Sagi (三國史記 / 삼국사기), 1145, as in Goguryeo placenames 冬音忽 (“Dongeumhol; Yonan, South Hwanghae at present”) and 冬音奈縣 (“Dongeumna/Dongeumnae prefecture; Hajeom-myeon, Ganghwa, Incheon at present”), and a Baekje placename 冬音縣 (“Dongeum prefecture; Daegu-myeon, Gangjin, South Jeolla at present”).

This term is a noun form of a verb 두르다 (dureuda, “to surround, to wrap”), which has a stem 둘ㅇ‐ (Yale: twulG-); this can explain how 冬 (Yale: twong, 도ᇰ) corresponds to 둘 (Yale: twul).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tuɾɯm]
Phonetic hangul: [두름]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	dureum
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	duleum
McCune–Reischauer^?	turŭm
Yale Romanization^?	twulum

Noun

두름 • (dureum)

long bundle of fish, greens or so on woven in straw or something
(dialectal, Gyeongsang) Nonstandard form of 두둑 (duduk, “bank between ploughlands; ridge in a field”).

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두름 • (dureum)

a unit of counting 20 fish in two braids of 10 fish per single braid
a unit of counting woven bundles of about 10 wild vegetables