나모

Korean

Etymology

See the main entry.

Noun

나모 • (namo)

  1. (Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, Northern Chungcheong) alternative form of 나무 (namu, “tree, wood”)
    • 2015 July 2, 구경자 [gugyeongja], “어머니의 원수를 갚은 남매 [eomeoniui wonsureul gapeun nammae]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎[1], 충청북도 보은군 속리산면 [chungcheongbukdo bo'eun'gun songnisanmyeon]:
      오늘은 나모 아홉 짐에다가 밥 아홉 그릇 먹는 날이라고.
      Oneur-eun namo ahop jim-e-daga bap ahop geureut meong-neun nar-i-rago.
      [She told him that] 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).[1] 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.[2]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nà.mò/

Noun

나모 (nàmwò) (locative 남ᄀᆡ〮 (nàmk-óy))

  1. tree
  2. wood

Descendants

  • Korean: 나무 (namu)

References

  1. ^ 최영선 (2015) 鷄(계)林(림)類(유)事(사)의 음운론적 연구 [A phonological study on the Gyerim yusa (Jīlín lèishì)] (in Korean) (Doctoral thesis), 광주: 전남대학교
  2. ^ 이기문 (1962) “中(중)世(세)國(국)語(어)의 特(특)殊(수) 語(어)幹(간) 交(교)替(체)에 대하여”, in 진단학보 (in Korean), volume 23, 진단학회, pages 119-153
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