-으쿠다

Jeju

Etymology

From 읔 (-euk-, “general speculative future suffix”) +‎ 우다 (-uda, “polite sentence-ender”).

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽ɨkʰuta⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [ɨkʰuda̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [으쿠다]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	-eukuda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eukuda
Yale Romanization?	ukhwuta

Suffix

으쿠다 (-eukuda)

1. An assertive or speculative suffix for sentence-final verbs in the "deferential style" ᄒᆞᆸ서체 (hawpseoche) formal polite speech level in declarative sentences. See 읔 (-euk-) for more.

   나가 내중에 들어보쿠다.

   Na-ga naejung-e deureobo-kuda.

   I will ask about it later.

   가이덜토 갓이민 딱 좋으쿠다게.

   Gai-deol-to gasimin ttak jo-eukuda-ge.

   It would be nice if they could go too.

Alternative forms

• 쿠다 (-kuda) — after a vowel or ㄹ (l)
• 이쿠다 (-ikuda) — after stems that end in ㅅ (s), ㅈ (j), or ㅊ (ch)

Derived terms

• 으쿠덴 (-eukuden)

Related terms

• 으크라 (-eukeura)
• 으키어 (-eukieo)