거두다

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 거두다 (Yale: ketwuta).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geoduda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geoduda
McCune–Reischauer?kŏduda
Yale Romanization?ketwuta

Verb

거두다 (geoduda) (infinitive 거두어 or 거둬, sequential 거두니)

  1. To harvest.
  2. To gather or collect.
  3. To earn.

Conjugation

Middle Korean

Etymology

걷- (ket-, to gather) +‎ -우- (-wu-, causative suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽kɘ̀tútá⫽

Verb

거두〮다〮 (kètwútá) (infinitive 거두〮어〮)

  1. to gather, collect
    • a. 1517, 번역노걸대 , translation of original in Chinese, page 13a:
      고로소옴ᄃᆞᆯ 거두워 王京(와ᇰ겨ᇰ)도라가 ᄑᆞᆯ라 가노라
      Kip-kwa kwolwo-wa swowom-tol ketwu-we sa WANG.KYENG-uy twolaka phol-la ka-nwola
      I am going back to Wangkyeng to sell after collecting and buying various kinds of silk and cotton fabric.

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