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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 그듸 (Yale: kùtùy), originally equivalent to 그 (Yale: ku, “that/there”, i.e. the direction of the addressee) + 듸 (Yale: tuy, “place”).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | geudae |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | geudae |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | kŭdae |
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| Yale Romanization? | kutay |
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Pronoun
그대 • (geudae)
- (poetic, literary, formal) you, thou