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Junmo Moon 文俊模

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Junmo Moon 文俊模 @moonjunmo.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Late Prof. Lee, Ki-Moon's Etymological Dictionary [of Korean] has finally left the press. It contains upwards of 3,300 entries, spanning over 1,300 pages.

Lee, Ki-Moon. (2025). 어원 사전 [Etymological dictionary [of Korean]]. Seoul: Kiphun Ppwuli.

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Junmo Moon 文俊模 @moonjunmo.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

My first paper, "On the origin of Korean namwu 'tree'" [in Korean], was published in Kwukehak 114. In it, I explore historical, dialectal, and toponymic evidence to propose a new proto-form for 'tree', involving partial borrowing from proto-Japonic. Read it below: journal.kstudy.com/service-jour...

Table of Old Korean 'tree' words in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事, early 12c.); original transcriptions (using Chinese characters) are given alongside their Early Middle Chinese, reconstructed North Song Chinese, and Sino-Korean readings.

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Junmo Moon 文 俊模

Junmo Moon 文俊模