힐후다

Middle Korean

Etymology

Appears to be a derived causative of the unattested verb *힐다 (*hilta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hilhuta/

Verb

힐후다 (hilhwuta)

1. to argue, to dispute

   Synonym: 입힐후다 (ip-hilhwuta)

   • 1459, 月印釋譜 / 월인석보 [Worin seokbo], page 7:5:

     ᄆᆞᅀᆞᆯ해〮셔〮 다ᄉᆞᆺ〮 理(리) 버ᅌᅳᆫ〮 ᄯᅡ〮히라〮 世(셰)間(간)과〮 힐후〮디〮 아니〮ᄒᆞᆯ씨〮라〮

     mòzòlh-áysyé tàsós LI pèngún stáh-ìlá SYEY.KAN-kwá hìlhwútí àní-hòlssílá

     It is a land five leagues away from the town, where one does not dispute with the world

2. (with 숨 (swum, “breath”) as subject) to pant
3. (in compounds) to repeat (frequentative auxiliary)
   • 굽힐후다

     kwup-hilhwuta

     to flex

   • 밀힐후다

     mil-hilhwuta

     to push repeatedly

4. (in compounds) auxiliary of unclear meaning attached to verbs related to change of state or location
   • 고티힐후다

     kwothi-hilhwuta

     to fix

Conjugation

Accentual class LH stem

Declarative	Connective	Infinitive	Conditional
힐후〮다〮 (hìlhwútá)	힐후〮고〮 (hìlhwúkwó)	힐후〮어〮 (hìlhwúé)	힐후〮면〮 (hìlhwúmyén)

References

• 연규동 (Yeon Gyu-dong) (2005) “'힐후다' 의미 연구 [hilhuda uimi yeon'gu, A study on the semantics of hilhwuta]”, in Han'gugeo uimihak, volume 18, pages 49—71