됴타

Perhaps ultimately a Sino-Korean ᄒᆞ다〮 (hòtá)-verb; see Korean 좋다 (jota) for more.

• IPA^(key): /tjǒh.tá/,

됴〯타〮 (tyǒthá) (infinitive 됴〯하〮, sequential 됴〯ᄒᆞ니〮)

1. (intransitive) to become (or to be) pleasing; to become (or to be) good

   Antonym: 굿다〮 (kwùstá)

   • 14th c.? (pub. late 15th c.), “滿殿春 / 만전춘 (Manjeonchun)”, in 樂章歌詞 / 악장가사 (Akjang gasa):

     올하 올하 아련 비올하 여흘란 어듸 두고 소해 자라 온다 소콧 얼면 여흘도 됴ᄒᆞ니

     wolh-a wolh-a alyen piwolh-a yehul-lan etuy twukwo swoh-ay cala wonta swoh-kwos elmyen yehul-two tyohoni

     O duck, o duck, o foolish rain-duck! Where have you left your riffles that you come sleep in the marsh? But once the marsh freezes, the riffles are good as well.

   • 1481, 分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해, page 19:33:

     사〯ᄅᆞ미〮 됴〯ᄒᆞᆯᄊᆡ〮 ᄯᅩ〮 가마괴〮도〮 됴〯토다〮

     sǎlàm-í tyǒhòlssóy stwó kàmàkwóy-twó tyǒthwòtá

     Though people are pleasing to me, how the ravens please me as well!

2. (intransitive) to become (or to be) of superior quality; to become (or to be) good

   Antonym: 굿다〮 (kwùstá)

   • 1517, 飜譯朴通事 / 번역박통사, page I.47:

     ᄆᆞᅀᆞᆷ 됴〯ᄒᆞ신〮 누의님〮하〮

     mòzòm tyǒhòsín nwùùy-ním-há

     O my honored good-hearted sister!

3. (intransitive) to become (or to be) suitable or good for a specific purpose

   Antonym: 굿다〮 (kwùstá)

   • 1466, 救急方諺解 / 구급방언해, page I.50:

     새〮 약곳〮 업〯거든〮 달힌〮 즈ᅀᅴ도〮 됴〯ᄒᆞ〮니라〮

     sáy yàk-kwós ěpkètún tàlhín cùzùy-twó tyǒhónìlá

     As long as one has none of the new medicine, the boiled dregs are also suitable.

4. (intransitive) to get better, to be healed, to recover from an illness
   • 1489, 救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해, pages 6:39a–b:

     미친〮 가히〮 믈인〮 독〮이〮 다시〮 나거든〮 ᄆᆞᄅᆞᆫ ᄉᆡᇰ아ᇰ을〮 ᄀᆞ〮라 므〮레 프〮러 두〯 돈〯을〮 머그〮면 됴〯ᄒᆞ리〮라

     mìchín kàhí mùlGín twók-í tàsí nàkètún mòlòn sòyngàng-úl kólà múl-èy púlè twǔ twǒn-úl mèkúmyèn tyǒhòlílà

     Having been bitten by a rabid dog, should the poison recur, take two dons of ground dry ginger dissolved in water, and will get better.

5. (uncommon, transitive) to be pleased by, to consider as good

   Synonym: 됴〯히〮 너기〮다〮 (tyǒhí nèkítá)

6. (hapax, transitive) to heal, to cure (possibly awkward literal translation from Chinese)

   Synonym: 고티〮다〮 (kwòthítá)

Modern learners often confuse this verb with 조타〮 (cwòtá), which means "to be pure".

• 됴〯쿳다〮 (tyǒkhwùstá, “to be good or bad”)

• Early Modern Korean: 둏다 (tyohta)
  • Korean: 좋다 (jota)
  • Pyongan Korean: 돟다 (dota)
  • Yukjin Korean: 둏다 (dyota)