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Early Modern Korean
Etymology
See Korean 어떻다 (eotteota).
Pronunciation
Adjective
엇더타 (estetha)
- to be in what state; to be how
Descendants
Interjection
엇더타 (estetha)
- (poetic) Alas!, How is it! (an interjection of lamentation or regret)
c. 1790, 樂學拾零 (Akhak Seumnyeong) [Tidbits of the Musical Sciences]:곳 보고 춤추ᄂᆞᆫ 나뷔와 나뷔 보고 당싯 웃ᄂᆞᆫ 곳과 / 져 둘의 思郞은 節節이 오건마ᄂᆞᆫ / 엇더타 우리의 思郞은 가고 아니 오ᄂᆞ니- kwos pwokwo chwum chwunon napwuy-woa napwuy pwokwo tangsis wusnon kwos-kwoa/ cye twul-uy SO.LANG-un CYEL.CYEL-i wokenmanon / estetha wuli-uy SO.LANG-un kakwo ani wononi
- The butterfly dancing to see the flower, the flower smiling widely to see the butterfly / The love between those two comes time and time again / How is it! The love between us has gone and not come back.
Usage notes
- It was often used to begin the final line of a classical sijo poem, whose meter demands a trisyllabic word in this position.
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