Talk:둏다

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Goguryeo

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Alexander Vovin associated the word with the Goguryeo language. According to him, Chumo (Jumong), the progenitor of Goguryeo, His original Goguryeo name, variously transcribed as "Jumong", "Jungmo", or "Domo", translated to "good archer". The first component can be reconstructed as "tywoh-(:둏; 'be good')".