ᡤᡠ

Manchu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Jurchen [script needed] (*ŋgu-un). Connected with the Middle Korean 구슬〮 (kwùsúl, “gem”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ᡤᡠ • (gu)

  1. jade
Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Mandarin 姑 (gū).

Pronunciation

Noun

ᡤᡠ • (gu)

  1. paternal aunt (father's elder sister)
Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  1. ^ Lee, Ki-Moon; Ramsey, S. Robert (2011), A History of the Korean Language, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 24
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