-오ᄃᆡ

Middle Korean

Etymology

Either from Old Korean 乎尸矣 (*-woltoy) or Old Korean 乎隱矣 (*-wontoy), both of which are attested in 12-13th century Gugyeol sources.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ótʌ́j/

Suffix

오〮ᄃᆡ〮 (-wótóy)

1. suffix used to connect two clauses with general and specific information.
   • 1447, 석보상절 (釋譜詳節), volume 9:

     五色 幡을 ᄆᆡᇰᄀᆞ로ᄃᆡ 마ᅀᆞᆫ아홉 자ᄒᆞᆯ ᄒᆞ고

     Make a banner in five colors, and make it forty-nine feet long

2. suffix used to introduce a quotation.
   • 1447, 석보상절 (釋譜詳節), volume 6:

     내〮 ᄉᆞ라ᇰ호〮ᄃᆡ〮 어누〮 藏ㅅ 金이〮ᅀᅡ〮 마〮치〮 ᄭᆞᆯ이〮려뇨〮 ᄒᆞ〮노〮ᅌᅵ다〮

     I am wondering, "Which storage house's gold would cover it perfectly?"

Alternative forms

• 우〮ᄃᆡ〮 (-wútóy), 로〮ᄃᆡ〮 (-lwótóy) (followed by the copula)

Descendants

• Korean: 되 (-doe), 으되 (-eudoe), 로되 (-rodoe)