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곰

Bear

Brown bear

Yellow bear near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

Polar bear

Roman: gom

Noun

1. 포유강 식육목 곰과의 동물을 통틀어 이르는 말. 몸이 비대하며 다리가 굵고 짧다. 꼬리는 털에 가려져 보일 듯 말 듯 하다. 털은 갈색, 검은색 따위가 있으며 길고 거칠다. 깊은 산이나 북극 지방에 살며 나무에 잘 오르고 잡식성으로 대부분 겨울에는 굴속에서 겨울잠을 잔다. 대부분 북반구에 분포한다.

   bear

Hyponyms

• 불곰 (bul-, "brown bear" lit. "fire bear") cf. w: Bear #Etymology
• 흰곰 (huin-, "polar bear" lit. "white bear")

Comparatives

• Korean vs. Japanese

Korean Japanese 고마 (goma, obsolete, "bear") 熊 (クマ, kuma, "bear") 구무 (gumu, obsolete, "hole") 隈 (クマ, kuma, "cove, corner")

• Korean vs. Germanic
  • English groom

    Etymology

    1604, short for bridegroom (“husband-to-be”), from Middle English brydgrome, alteration (with intrusive r) of earlier bridegome (“bridegroom”), from Old English brȳdguma (“bridegroom”), from brȳd (“bride”) + guma (“man, hero”). ...

  • Old English guma
    1. (poetic) man, hero

    Synonyms: beorn #Old English

  • Old English beorn
    1. (poetic) man, warrior

    Synonyms: guma #Old English

    Etymology

    The origin is disputed. A phonetically exact correspondence exists in Old Norse bjǫrn (“bear”), ...

  • As such:

gom bear Korean 곰 (gom) English bear. Old English guma Old English beorn