옳다

• 올흐다 (olheuda)

Cognate with Korean 옳다 (olta).

IPA^(key): /o̞ɭtʰa̠/

옳다 (olta)

1. to be right, true, correct

• 웨다 (weda)

• “옳다” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 옳다 (Yale: wolhta). Compared with Mongolian ортой (ortoj), ᠣᠷᠤᠲᠠᠢ (orutai, “right, true”), Manchu ᡠᡵᡠ (uru, “truth, true”), Nivkh урдь (urd̦, “to be good”), Tamil உள் (uḷ, “to be, to have”) > உள்ள (uḷḷa, “real, true”) by Gang (2010). The h in the stem may be from 하— (ha-, “to do”), akin to 많— (man-, “many”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

옳다 • (olta) (infinitive 옳아, sequential 옳으니)

1. to be right, true, correct

   옳은 일을 하다

   oreun ireul hada

   to do the right thing

• 바르다 (bareuda, “to be straight, upright, right, correct, true”)
• 바른 (bareun, “right, right-hand”)
• 맞다 (matda, “to fit, correct”)
• 곧다 (gotda, “to be straight, upright”)
• 참되다 (chamdoeda, “to be true, real”)

• 틀리다 (teullida)
• 그르다 (geureuda)
• 외다 (oeda) (obsolete)

• 오른 (oreun, “right (side)”)

• 오르다 (oreuda, “to rise”)
• 올바르다 (olbareuda, “to be straight, upright, all right”)

옳다 • (olta)

1. all right; OK

   옳다, 이제 알았다.

   olta, ije aratda.

   OK, now I get it.