곰
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Korean
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key)[ko̞ːm]
- Phonetic Hangul[곰:]
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Etymology 2
Of native Korean origin. Likely cognate with Japanese kuma with similar meanings of “bear” and “hole, recess” (spelled 熊 for the “bear” sense and 隈 for the “hole, recess” sense).
Derived terms
- 검은곰 (geomeun-gom): black bear
- 반달가슴곰 (bandalgaseumgom): panda bear, Asiatic black bear
- 불곰 (bulgom): brown bear, literally "fire bear"
- 회색곰 (hoesaekgom): grizzly bear
- 흰곰 (huin-gom): polar bear, (literally) white bear
- 북극곰 (北極곰, bukgeukgom): polar bear
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