金馬

Baekje

Etymology

Related to Japanese 熊(クマ) (kuma, “bear”) and Old Korean *고마〮 (*kwòmá, “bear”) > Middle Korean 곰〯 (kwǒm). Beyond Korean and Japanese, compare also Old Chinese 熊 (OC *ɢʷlɯm).

Noun

金馬 (*kəma or *kuma or *komu or *kumu) (Nihon shoki 久麻 or クム or クマ or コム)

  1. bear

References

  • John Bentley (2000) “New Look at Paekche and Korean: Data from Nihon shoki”, in Language Research‎, volume 36, number 2, Seoul National University, pages 417—443
  • Alexander Vovin (2013) “From Koguryo to T'amna”, in Korean Linguistics‎, volume 15, number 2, John Benjamins Publishing Company, pages 222—240

Chinese

metal; gold; money horse; surname
trad. (金馬) 金 馬
simp. (金马) 金 马

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 金 馬
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 侵 (140) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III II
Fanqie 居吟切 莫下切
Baxter kim maeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠiɪm/ /mˠaX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚim/ /mᵚaX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiem/ /maX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kjim/ /maɨX/
Li
Rong
/kjəm/ /maX/
Wang
Li
/kĭĕm/ /maX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯əm/ /maX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jīn mǎ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gam1 maa5

Noun

金馬

  1. gold horse
  2. (literary) imperial court or capital
    Synonyms: 朝廷 (cháotíng), 帝都 (dìdū)
  3. (literary) Hanlin Academy scholar
    Synonym: 翰林 (Hànlín)

Proper noun

金馬

  1. (historical) (~門) a gate in the Han dynasty where literati waited for imperial orders
  2. (historical) (~署) imperial library of the Han dynasty
  3. (historical) Alternative term for 翰林院 (Hànlínyuàn, “Hanlin Academy”).
  4. (~地區) Fujian Province, Republic of China after 1949 (Short for 金門/金门 (Jīnmén) + 馬祖/马祖 (Mǎzǔ): “Kinmen and Matsu”.)

Derived terms

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