Pyongyang, December 6 (KCNA) -- The Social Sciences Publishing House of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has recently published the book "Common Knowledge on Etymologies" (Vol. 1). It gives etymologies of most common vocabularies and their derivations to help the people study special and common knowledge on Korean language. The book has two parts -- "Words on Human, Food, Clothing and Housing" and "Words on Farm-crops, Plants and Animals"-- and a preface.
The first part deals with 179 words related with human, dresses, dishes, house, daily necessaries and farm-implements including head, face, tongue, cotton, fabrics, apron, yaksandan silk, rice-cake, half-moon shaped rice-cake stuffed with beans and flavored with pine needles, sweet rice dish, beef with vegetables cooked in casserole, roof, spoon, needle and plough. | It's been so long since they've seen food they need to be reminded there's a word for it. |
The second part gives 95 words related with farm-crops, plants and animals including grain, potato, garlic, vegetables, flower, insam (ginseng), wild insam, wild grapes, bear, pig and crane and myongthae (a member of cod family). |