-보다

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Korean

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Etymology

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From (bo, to see) +‎ 다가 (-daga, while; after).

Grammaticalization pathway: "after seeing [noun A], [noun B] is [adjective]" > "[noun B] is more [adjective] than [noun A]". This has occurred in other languages; compare Tibetan བལྟས་ན (bltas na).

First attested in the mid-eighteenth century, displacing previous 도곤 (Yale: twokwon) by the nineteenth century.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?boda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?boda
McCune–Reischauer?poda
Yale Romanization?pota

Particle

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보다 (-boda)

  1. than; used to form comparisons, optionally with (deo, more)
    Synonyms: (Early Modern) 도곤 (-dogon), (Gyeongsang dialect) 카마 (-kama)
    보다 크다.
    Nae-ga gyae-boda ki-ga keuda.
    I'm taller than him.
    보다 크다.
    Nae-ga gyae-boda ki-ga deo keuda.
    I'm taller than him.
    지리산보다 한라산 높다.
    Jirisan-boda hallasan-i deo nopda.
    Mount Halla is taller than Mount Jiri.
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    어제보다 오늘 손님 많다.
    Eoje-boda oneur-i sonnim-i deo manta.
    There are more customers today than yesterday.
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Derived terms

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  • 보다 (boda, relatively; more)