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In Korean, there is a phenomenon named ‘Pumsatongyong’, a kind of a functional shift among parts of speech. This is a concept created indigenously in Korean linguistic tradition. This paper aims at making clear its notion, by presenting three issues on it. The first thing to focus on is related to the meaning of “one word”, an expression in the sentence describing its definition. A lot of works have used the meaning in different ways, and it has resulted in many misunderstandings. Second, we compared ‘Pumsatongyong’ with the other two linguistic ideas, that is, ‘conversion’ and ‘zero-derivation’. Lastly, we discussed the directionality between a basic word and a converted word. In conclusion, ‘Pumsatongyong’ has the almost same idea as conversion. Therefore, in order to keep it as a significant linguistic idea, more investigation will be required in comparison with other relevant ideas.