-엇-

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Jeju

Pronunciation

Suffix

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 엇 (-eot-)
Yang-form 앗 (-at-)

엇 (-eot-)

  1. Past tense marker for clause-final verbs and adjectives.

Korean

Etymology

See the main entry.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eot
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eos
McCune–Reischauer?ŏt
Yale Romanization?es
Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 엇 (-eot-)
Yang-form 앗 (-at-)


Suffix

엇 • (-eot-)

  1. Pyongan, Hamgyong, Yukjin, Hwanghae, and uncommon Gyeongsang form of 었 (-eot-, past-tense suffix).
    • 1979, 이흥권 [iheunggwon], “구복여행 [gubogyeohaeng]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎, 황해북도 봉산군 동선면 [hwanghaebukdo bongsan'gun dongseonmyeon]:
      근디 야가 멫 살 났냐믄 열 네 살 먹엇어.
      Geundi ya-ga met sal nan-nya-meun yeol ne sal meogeoseo.
      But if you wanted to know how old he was, was fourteen years old.
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