밋다

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mìt͡s.tá/, [mìs̚.t͈á]

Verb

밋다〮 (mìstá) (infinitive 미처〮 (mìché), sequential 미츠〮니〮 (mìchúní), phonemic spelling 및다〮)

1. to reach

   Synonym: 미치다 (michita)

   • 1447, 釋譜詳節 / 석보상절 [Seokbo sangjeol], page 19:4b:

     百(ᄇᆡᆨ〮)分(분) 千(쳔)分(분) 百(ᄇᆡᆨ〮)千(쳔)萬(먼〮)億(ᅙᅳᆨ〮)分(분)에〮 ᄒᆞ나토〮 몯〯 미츠〮리니〮 算(솬〮)數(ᅀᅮᆼ〮) 譬(핑〮)喩(융〮)로〮 몯〯 아로ᇙ〮 배〮라〮

     PÓYK.PWÙN CHYÈN.PWÙN PÓYK.CHYÈN.MÉN.QÚK.PWÙN-éy hòn[á]h-twó mwǒt mìchúlìní SWÁN.ZWÚ.PHÍ.YÚ-lwó mwǒt àlwólq pá-ylá

     It will not reach one in a hundred, nor one in a thousand, nor one in hundreds of thousands of tens of thousands of hundreds of millions; it is something which cannot be understood by analogy with numbers.

   • late 15th century, “感君恩 (Gamguneun)”, in 樂章歌詞 (Akjang gasa):

     泰(태)山(산)이 높다컨마ᄅᆞᄂᆞᆫ 하ᄂᆞᆯ해 몬 밋거니와
     님의 놉ᄑᆞ샨 恩(은)과 德(덕)과ᄂᆞᆫ 하ᄂᆞᆯ ᄀᆞ티 노ᄑᆞ샷다

     THAY.SAN-i nwoptak-henmalonon hanolh-ay mwon miskeniwa
     nim-ui nwopphosyan UN-kwa TEK-kwanon hanol kothi nwophosyasta

     They say Mount Tai is high, but it cannot reach to the heavens
     Yet the high grace and virtue of my lord are as high as the heavens.

Descendants

• Korean: 및다 (mitda, “to reach”)