멋다

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə̀t͡s.tá/, [mə̀s̚.t͈á]

Adjective

멋다〮 (mèstá) (infinitive 머저〮, sequential 머즈〮니〮, modern phonemic orthography 멎다〮)

1. to be inauspicious

   Antonym: 됴〯타〮 (tyǒthá)

   • 1493, “處容歌/처용가”, in 樂學軌範/악학궤범:

     머자 외야자 綠(록)李(리)야 ᄲᆞᆯ리 나 내 신 고ᄒᆞᆯ ᄆᆡ야라
     아니옷 ᄆᆡ시면 나리어다 머즌 말

     mec-a oyyac-a LWOK.LI-ya spolli na nay sin kwoh-ol moyyala
     ani-Gwos moysimyen naliGeta mecun mal

     Cherry fruits, red plums, green plums, come quickly and fasten my toecaps. If they are not fastened, words of ill fortune shall I lay down upon you.