풀

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰuɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [풀]

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 플〮 (Yale: phúl).

• 플 (peul) (Early Modern)

풀 • (pul)

1. herbaceous plants, particularly grass

   Coordinate term: 나무 (namu, “tree, woody plant”)

   밭에 풀이 무성하다.

   bat-e pur-i museonghada.

   The grass is thick in the field.

   스님들은 풀만 드신다.

   seunim-deur-eun pul-man deusinda.

   Buddhist monks only eat vegetables.

   • 1642, 尹善道 (Yun Seon-do), “五友歌 (Ou-ga)”, in 山中新曲 (Sanjung Sin'gok)‎^[1]:

     나모도 아닌 거시 플도 아닌 거시

     namo-do anin geo-si peul-do anin geosi

     [the bamboo:] that which is not tree, that which is not grass.

• 푸르다 (pureuda, “to be green; to be blue”)

• 잔디 (jandi, “lawn grass”)

First attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean 플 (Yale: phul).

풀 • (pul)

1. glue

From English pool.

풀 • (pul)

1. pool

• 수영장 (水泳場, suyeongjang, “swimming baths, swimming pool”)

풀 • (pul)

1. future determiner of 푸다 (puda)
2. future determiner of 풀다 (pulda)