ᄑᆞᆾ

Middle Korean

Etymology

Inherited from Old Korean 小豆 (*pos(k)), attested in the compound 狄小豆 (*twoy-pos(k), “sickle senna”) in the Hyang'yak gugeupbang (鄕藥救急方 / 향약구급방), 1236.^[1]

In the 15th century, a rare alternate form ᄑᆞᇧ〮 (phósk) is seen, and reflexes of this form still survive dialectally as in Korean 팎 (pak) (Northern Pyeongan). The alternation ch ~ sk, also seen in several other words, may hint at an earlier *ck as in *ᄑᆞᆽㄱ (*phock).^[2]

Pronunciation

(Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽pʰʌ́t͡sʰ⫽

Noun

ᄑᆞᆾ〮 (phóch)

the red bean or azuki bean (Vigna angularis)

Alternative forms

ᄑᆞᇧ〮 (phósk)

Descendants

Korean: 팥 (pat)

References

^ 남풍현 (1981) “決明子”, in 借(차)字(자)表(표)記(기)法(법) 硏(연)究(구)：鄕(향)藥(약)救(구)急(급)方(방)의 鄕(향)名(명)表(표)記(기)를 中(중)心(심)으로 [Study on the use of Chinese characters in Korean orthography: Focusing on medicine name transcriptions in the Hyangyak gugeupbang] (in Korean) (Doctoral thesis), 서울: 서울대학교, page 30
^ 이승재 (December 1983) “再(재)構(구)와 方(방)言(언)分(분)化(화)—語(어)中(중) ‘ㅺ’類(류) 단어를 중심으로 [Reconstruction and dialectal divergence: Focusing on words with medial 'sk']”, in 국어학 (in Korean), volume 12, pages 213-234

[1] 남풍현 (1981) “決明子”, in 借(차)字(자)表(표)記(기)法(법) 硏(연)究(구)：鄕(향)藥(약)救(구)急(급)方(방)의 鄕(향)名(명)表(표)記(기)를 中(중)心(심)으로 [Study on the use of Chinese characters in Korean orthography: Focusing on medicine name transcriptions in the Hyangyak gugeupbang] (in Korean) (Doctoral thesis), 서울: 서울대학교, page 30

[2] 이승재 (December 1983) “再(재)構(구)와 方(방)言(언)分(분)化(화)—語(어)中(중) ‘ㅺ’類(류) 단어를 중심으로 [Reconstruction and dialectal divergence: Focusing on words with medial 'sk']”, in 국어학 (in Korean), volume 12, pages 213-234

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