-으사

Korean

Alternative forms

• 사 (-sa) (after vowel-final and ㄹ (l)-final verbal stems)

Etymology

Of native Korean origin, from Middle Korean 으샤〮 (Yale: -usy-á), ᄋᆞ샤〮 (Yale: -osy-á).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɯsʰa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [으사]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	eusa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eusa
McCune–Reischauer?	ŭsa
Yale Romanization?	usa

Suffix

으사 • (-eusa)

1. Archaic form of 으셔 (-eusyeo, contraction of 으시어 (-eusi-eo, “honorific infinitive”)).

   夫(부)子(자)ㅣ 溫(온)良(량)恭(공)儉(검)讓(양)하사 […]

   Bujae ollyanggonggyeomyang-hasa […]

   For the Master was humane, upright, courteous, temperate, and complaisant […]

   (from a traditional cantillation of the Analects)

Usage notes

• This suffix has an epenthetical vowel and therefore provokes verbal irregularities in certain stems, e.g. 그립 (geurip-) > 그리우사 (geuriusa).
• This suffix elides preceding ㄹ (l).