ᄌᆞᆨᄒᆞ다

Early Modern Korean

Pronunciation

• (c. 1750) IPA^(key): [t͡sʌ.kʰʌ.da]

Adjective

ᄌᆞᆨᄒᆞ다 (cokhota) (infinitive ᄌᆞᆨᄒᆞ야, sequential ᄌᆞᆨᄒᆞ니)

1. to be very much (so)
   • 1812, “Song 243”, in 청구영언 장서각본/靑丘永言藏書閣本 [Jangseogak edition of the Cheonggu yeong'eon]:

     項(항)羽(우)ㅣ ᄌᆞᆨᄒᆞᆫ 天(쳔)下(하)壯(쟝)士(ᄉᆞ)랴마ᄂᆞᆫ 虞(우)美(미)人(인) 離(니)別(별)에 한숨 셧거 눈물지며
     唐(당) 明(명)皇(황)이 ᄌᆞᆨᄒᆞᆫ 濟(졔)世(셰)英(영)主(쥬)ㅣ랴마ᄂᆞᆫ 楊(양)貴(귀)妃(비) 離(니)別(별)에 우럿ᄂᆞ니
     ᄒᆞ믈며 碌(녹)碌(록)ᄒᆞᆫ 小(쇼)丈(쟝)夫(부)야 일너 무슴 ᄒᆞ리

     HANG WU-y cokhon CHYEN.HA.CYANG.SO-lyamanon WU MI.IN NI.PYEL-ey hanswum syeske nwunmwul-cimye
     TANG MYENG.HWOANG-i cokhon CYEY.SYEY.YENG.CYU-ylyamanon YANG KWUY.PI NI.PYEL-ey wulesnoni
     Homulmye NWOK.LWOK-hon SYO.CYANG.PWU-ya ille mwusum holi

     Though Xiang Yu was well and indeed a man peerless under heaven, he shed tears mixed with sighs when parting from the Beauty Yu;
     Though Ming of Tang was well and indeed a ruler who saved the world, he wept when parting from the Consort Yang;
     So why even speak of the craven good-for-nothing [that I am]?

Derived terms

• ᄌᆞᆨ히 (cokhi)