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Korean
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | deut |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | deus |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | tŭt |
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| Yale Romanization? | tus |
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Etymology
Contraction of 듯이 (deusi, “as if”). First attested in the Neung'eomgyeong eonhae (楞嚴經諺解 / 능엄경언해), 1461, as Middle Korean ᄃᆞᆺ (Yale: tos).
Dependent noun
듯 • (deut)
- as if; in a manner suggesting that
저 사람, 어디서 본 듯도 한데...- jeo saram, eodiseo bon deutdo hande...
- I suppose I might have seen him somewhere...
강아지도 좋다는 듯 꼬리를 살랑인다.- gang'ajido jotaneun deut kkorireul sallang'inda.
- The dog gently wags his tail as if saying he's fine with it, too.
- (in the form of -'~는 듯 마는 듯' and such) leaving it ambiguous whether or not
비가 내릴 듯 말 듯 우중충한 날씨- biga naeril deut mal deut ujungchunghan nalssi
- a gloomy weather which threatens to rain or not