엇더타

Early Modern Korean

Etymology

See Korean 어떻다 (eotteota).

Pronunciation

• (c. 1750) IPA^(key): [ə(t̚)t͈ətʰa]

Adjective

엇더타 (estetha)

1. to be in what state; to be how

Descendants

• Korean: 어떻다 (eotteota)

Interjection

엇더타 (estetha)

1. (poetic) Alas!, How is it! (an interjection of lamentation or regret)
   • c. 1790, 樂學拾零 (Akhak Seumnyeong) [Tidbits of the Musical Sciences]:

     곳 보고 춤추ᄂᆞᆫ 나뷔와 나뷔 보고 당싯 웃ᄂᆞᆫ 곳과 / 져 둘의 思(ᄉᆞ)郞(랑)은 節(졀)節(졀)이 오건마ᄂᆞᆫ / 엇더타 우리의 思(ᄉᆞ)郞(랑)은 가고 아니 오ᄂᆞ니

     kwos pwokwo chwum chwunon napwuy-woa napwuy pwokwo tangsis wusnon kwos-kwoa/ cye twul-uy SO.LANG-un CYEL.CYEL-i wokenmanon / estetha wuli-uy SO.LANG-un kakwo ani wononi

     The butterfly dancing to see the flower, the flower smiling widely to see the butterfly / The love between those two comes time and time again / How is it! The love between us has gone and not come back.

Usage notes

• It was often used to begin the final line of a classical sijo poem, whose meter demands a trisyllabic word in this position.

See also

• 어즈버 (ecupe)