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Middle Korean
Etymology
Either from Old Korean 乎尸矣 (*-woltoy) or Old Korean 乎隱矣 (*-wontoy), both of which are attested in 12-13th century Gugyeol sources.[1]
Pronunciation
Suffix
오〮ᄃᆡ〮 (-wótóy)
- suffix used to connect two clauses with general and specific information.
1447, 석보상절 (釋譜詳節), volume 9:五色 幡을 ᄆᆡᇰᄀᆞ로ᄃᆡ 마ᅀᆞᆫ아홉 자ᄒᆞᆯ ᄒᆞ고- Make a banner in five colors, and make it forty-nine feet long
- suffix used to introduce a quotation.
1447, 석보상절 (釋譜詳節), volume 6:내〮 ᄉᆞ라ᇰ호〮ᄃᆡ〮 어누〮 藏ㅅ 金이〮ᅀᅡ〮 마〮치〮 ᄭᆞᆯ이〮려뇨〮 ᄒᆞ〮노〮ᅌᅵ다〮- I am wondering, "Which storage house's gold would cover it perfectly?"
- 우〮ᄃᆡ〮 (-wútóy), 로〮ᄃᆡ〮 (-lwótóy) (followed by the copula)
Descendants
- Korean: 되 (-doe), 으되 (-eudoe), 로되 (-rodoe)
References
- ^ 張允熙 (2010) “中世國語 連結語尾 形成의 文法史 ‘오ᄃᆡ, 은ᄃᆡ, 은대’를 중심으로”, in 어문연구, volume 38(2), pages 61-90