얼음

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓くん民みん正せい音おと解かい例れい / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 어름〮 (Yale: èlúm). Equivalent to 얼 (eol, “to freeze”) +‎ 음 (-eum, verbal noun-deriving suffix).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ʌ̹ɾɯm]
• Phonetic hangul: [어름]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	eoreum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eol'eum
McCune–Reischauer?	ŏrŭm
Yale Romanization?	el.um

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 얼음의 / 얼음에 / 얼음까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the first syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

얼음 • (eoreum)

1. ice