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Noun

 * 1) root, basis
 * 2) essence, nature, true self
 * 3) source, origin
 * 4) role model, model, example
 * 5) a life-sized object made from a model for making  or clothes
 * 6) main, primary, principal
 * 7) the place where a founding father was born
 * 8)  book; written record
 * 1) the place where a founding father was born
 * 2)  book; written record

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Determiner

 * 1) this, the item in question

Etymology 2
Borrowed from.

Etymology 4
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.