Reconstruction:Goguryeo/首
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This Goguryeo entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Goguryeo
Etymology
Possibly related to Middle Korean 쇼 (syo, “bovine”).
Noun
*首 (*sju or *sjo)
- bovine
- 1145, chapter 37, in 三國史記 [Samguk Sagi, History of the Three Kingdoms]:
- 牛岑郡（一云牛嶺，一云首知衣）
- Cow Hill State (one calls this Cow Mountain; one calls this siu-tiyi),
- 1145, chapter 37, in 三國史記 [Samguk Sagi, History of the Three Kingdoms]:
- 牛首州（首一作頭，一云首次若，一云烏根乃）
- Cow Head Province (that 首 means "head", one calls this siu-tsi-niek, one calls this u-kən-nə)
- Synonym: *烏 (*u)