돌아오다

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Korean

Etymology

(dol-, to turn)+ (-a, infinitive suffix) + 오다 (oda, to come).

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 도라오다 (Yale: twola-wota).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?doraoda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dol'aoda
McCune–Reischauer?toraoda
Yale Romanization?tol.aota

Verb

돌아오다 (doraoda) (infinitive 돌아와, sequential 돌아오니)

  1. (intransitive) to return, to come back
    Antonym: 돌아가다 (doragada, to go back)

Conjugation