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Korean
Etymology
See the main entry.
Noun
나모 • (namo)
- (Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, Northern Chungcheong) alternative form of 나무 (namu, “tree, wood”)
2015 July 2, 구경자 , “어머니의 원수를 갚은 남매 ”, in 한국구비문학대계 , 충청북도 보은군 속리산면 :오늘은 나모 아홉 짐에다가 밥 아홉 그릇 먹는 날이라고.- Oneur-eun namo ahop jim-e-daga bap ahop geureut meong-neun nar-i-rago.
- today was the day where you eat 9 bowls or rice after carrying nine bundles of wood.
Middle Korean
Etymology
Inherited from Late Old Korean 南木 (*nam(w)o), attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사). Two other Late Old Korean forms are attested in the same source: 南 (*nam) and 南記 (*namki). While the three forms are most certainly related, their relationship is unclear.
The alternation between the final velar prevocalically and the final vowel preconsonantally or in isolation likely descends from a single proto-form containing a velar, most commonly reconstructed as *namʌk.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
나모 (nàmwò) (locative 남ᄀᆡ〮 (nàmk-óy))
- tree
- wood
Descendants
References
- ^ 최영선 (2015) 鷄林類事의 음운론적 연구 (in Korean) (Doctoral thesis), 광주: 전남대학교
- ^ 이기문 (1962) “中世國語의 特殊 語幹 交替에 대하여”, in 진단학보 (in Korean), volume 23, 진단학회, pages 119-153