Re: Japanese words from Korean
Austin P. So (Hae Jin) wrote:
> Danny Wilde wrote:
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>>It seems like there aren't as many Korean origin words as I'd imagined.
>>I was thinking of adding another "Korean words" page to the
>>German/Portugese/Dutch ones but maybe there aren't enough words to
>>justify it. I was quite surprised at the number of French words in
>>Edict, however.
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> AFAIK, if the corresponding Kanji for a given Japanese word makes no
> sense to the way the word is used, then it probably has a Korean
> origin...almost like a form of "Idu", I suppose...
>
> I think, however, that it is more common in proper names (places or
> family names)...
Wow! Can you edify us with any clear examples?
Bart
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