# 몸

| 몸 | U+BAB8, &#47800; HANGUL SYLLABLE MOM |
| Composition: | ㅁ + ㅗ + ㅁ |
| ← 몷 [U+BAB7] | Hangul Syllables | 몹 → [U+BAB9] |
모목몪몫몬몭몮 몯몰몱몲몳몴몵 몶몷몸몹몺못몼 몽몾몿뫀뫁뫂뫃 :
| 몌 ← | → 뫄 |

## Jeju

Picture dictionary :
몸 :
* 1= 머리 (meori)
* 2= ᄂᆞᆺ (nawt), 양지 (yangji)
* 3= 야게기 (yagegi), 모게기 (mogegi), 목 (mok)
* 4= 둑지 (dukji), 엇게 (eotge)
* 5= 가심 (gasim)
* 6= 베또롱 (bettorong), 베똥 (bettong)
* 7= 베 (be)
* 8= 강알 (gang'al)
* 9= 자지 (jaji), 좃 (jot)
* 10–14= 가달 (gadal)
* 10= 잠짓가달 (jamjitgadal)
* 11= 독ᄆᆞᄅᆞᆸ (dongmawrawp)
* 12= 종애 (jong'ae)
* 13= 구마리 (gumari)
* 14= 발 (bal)
* 15–19= ᄑᆞᆯ (pawl)
* 16= ᄑᆞᆯ고비 (pawlgobi)
* 17= ᄑᆞᆯ똑 (pawlttok)
* 18= 홀목 (holmok), 손목 (sonmok)
* 19= 손 (son)

### Etymology

From Middle Korean 몸〮 (mwóm), from earlier Old Korean 身萬 (*MWOma). Cognate with Korean 몸 (mom) and possibly cognate with Proto-Japonic *muy.

### Pronunciation

* (Morphophonemic) IPA: ⫽mom⫽
* (Jeju City) IPA: [mom]
* Phonetic hangul: [몸]

### Noun

몸 (mom)
* body (of a human or animal), (by extension) health
    몸을 ᄀᆞᆷ다 ― mom-eul gawmda ― to wash one's body
    몸이 놀싹ᄒᆞ다 ― mom-i nolssakhawda ― for one's body to be lacking in strength
** 2012 August 23, 문순덕, 오승훈, “I. 제주어 배우기”, in 원종섭, transl., edited by (주)컴퍼스미디어, 제주어와 영어로 ᄀᆞᆮ는 제주 이야기: A Guide to Jeju Spoken in the Language of Jeju and English‎, 제주발전연구원: 양영오, →ISBN, archived from the original on 27 January 2023, 인사: “요샌 어떵 지냄수과?”, page 22:유진: 잘 지냅디가? 몸은 ᄒᆞ꼼 어떵ᄒᆞ우꽈?Yujin: jal jinaepdiga? Mom-eun hawkkom eotteonghawukkwa?Yujin: How’s it going? How’s your health?
** 2017, 양창용, 윌리암 오그레디, 양세종, “4과 등뗑이 막 ᄀᆞᄅᆢᆸ다.”, in 제주어 1, 퍼플, →ISBN, page 20:소연: 느 몸 ᄌᆞ주 ᄀᆞᆷ아사켜. 만수: 나 메날 몸 ᄀᆞᆷ는디.Soyeon: Neu mom jawju gawmasakyeo. mansu: Na menal mom gawmneundi.Soyeon: You have to wash your body often. Mansu: I wash my body every day…
** 2020, Changyong Yang, Sejung Yang, William O'Grady, “Chapter 7: Sentence Enders”, in Jejueo : the language of Korea’s Jeju Island, Honolulu, USA: University of Hawai‘i Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →JSTOR, page 205:영수 몸 ᄀᆞᆷ아ᇝ일로고?Yeongsu mom gawmamsillogo?I don’t think Yeongsu is taking a bath, right?
** 2022 November 17, “ᄄᆞᆯ신디 강 감저지지미나 지져줘뒁 오카”, in 제민일보:밀코룰 보다는 ᄊᆞᆯ이 몸엔 더 좋덴 ᄒᆞ는디 나가 먹기에도 떡 보단은 빵을 더 먹어지는 건 쉑일 수 읏인 겁디다.Milkorul -boda-neun ssawri momen deo joten hawneundi na-ga meokgi-e-do tteok bodan-eun ppang-eul deo meogeojineun geon swegil su eusin geopdida.Rice is said to be better for the body than flour but I can’t lie that I eat bread more than rice cake.

#### Derived terms

* 맨몸 (maenmom, “naked body, after removing clothes”)
* 몸ᄀᆞᆷ다 (momgawmda, “to bathe”)
* 몸가르다 (momgareuda, “to deliver a baby”)
* (colloquial) 몸뗑이 (momtteng'i, “body”)
* (slang) 몸뚱아리 (momttung'ari, “body”)
* (slang) 몸뚱어리 (momttung'eori, “body”)
* 몸메 (momme, “body shape, build”)
* 몸받다 (mombatda, “to receive the power of protection from God”)
* 몸버릇 (mombeoreut, “an innate habit”)
* 몸살 (momsal, “bodily illness and fatigue”)
* 몸상 (momsang, “ancestral rites table”)
* 몸서리 (momseori, “shiver”)
* 몸엣것 (mometgeot, “menstrual blood, menstruation (euphemism)”)
* 몸이 무겁다 (momi mugeopda, “to be pregnant”)
* 몸정상 (momjeongsang, “a sincere mindset to behave properly before a special day”)
* 몸지여눅다 (momjiyeonukda, “to lie down in bed while sick”)
* 몸질 (momjil, “to move the body while sleeping without knowing”)
* 몸짐 (momjim, “body temperature”)
* 몸집 (momjip, “build”)
* 몸천 (momcheon, “one's whole body”)
* 몸통 (momtong, “torso, main component”)
* 몸풀다 (mompulda, “to deliver a baby”)
* 몸피 (mompi, “body thickness”)
* 빈몸 (binmom, “nude body”)
* 홑몸 (honmom, “being alone; not expecting a child”)

### References

* 제주문화예술재단 (2009) 개정증보 제주어사전‎, 제주특별자치도, →ISBN, pages 376-377
* 강영봉, 김순자 (2021) “014: 몸”, in 제주어 기초어휘 활용 사전, 한그루, pages 84-86

## Korean

Picture dictionary :
몸 :
* 1= 머리 (meori)
* 2= 얼굴 (eolgul)
* 3= 목 (mok)
* 4= 어깨 (eokkae)
* 5= 가슴 (gaseum)
* 6= 배꼽 (baekkop)
* 7= 배 (bae)
* 8= 샅 (sat)
* 9= 음경 (eumgyeong)
* 10–14= 다리 (dari)
* 10= 허벅지 (heobeokji)
* 11= 무릎 (mureup)
* 12= 종아리 (jong'ari)
* 13= 발목 (balmok)
* 14= 발 (bal)
* 15–19= 팔 (pal)
* 16= 팔꿈치 (palkkumchi)
* 17= 팔뚝 (palttuk)
* 18= 손목 (sonmok)
* 19= 손 (son)

### Etymology

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 몸〮 (Yale: mwóm), from earlier Old Korean 身萬 (*MWOma). Possibly related to Proto-Japonic *muy.

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [mo̞m]
** Audio:(file)
* Phonetic hangul: [몸]
* South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 몸의 / 몸에 / 몸까지Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

### Noun

몸 • (mom)
* body (of a human or animal)
    우리 몸 속에 있는 기생충의 알uri mom sog-e inneun gisaengchung-ui althe nits on our bodies
    걔는 몸이 좋다.Gyae-neun mom-i jota.He has a nice body.
    그거 몸에 좋은 거야. (casual)Geugeo mom-e jo'eun geo-ya.It's good for your body.

#### Derived terms

* 맨몸 (maenmom, “nude body, having removed clothes”)
* 몸가짐 (momgajim, “behavior”)
* (slang) 몸뚱어리 (momttung'eori, “body”)
* (slang) 몸뚱이 (momttung'i, “body”)
* 몸매 (mommae, “body shape, build”)
* 몸살 (momsal, “bodily illness and fatigue”)
* 몸서리 (momseori, “shiver”)
* 몸엣것 (mometgeot, “menstrual blood, menstruation (euphemism)”)
* 몸져눕다 (momjeonupda, “to lie down in bed while sick”)
* 몸조리 (momjori, “body recuperation”)
* 몸집 (momjip, “build”)
* 몸통 (momtong, “torso, main component”)
* 몸피 (mompi, “body thickness”)
* 빈몸 (binmom, “nude body”)
* 홑몸 (honmom, “being alone; not expecting a child”)

### References

* ↑ Vovin, Alexander (2010) Koreo-Japonica: A Re-Evaluation of a Common Genetic Origin, University of Hawai’i Press, →ISBN, →JSTOR, page 194

## Middle Korean
### Etymology

From Old Korean 身萬 (*MWOma).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /móm/

### Noun

몸〮 (mwóm) (locative 모매〮 (mwòm-áy))
* body

#### Descendants

* Jeju: 몸 (mom)
* Korean: 몸 (mom)