-엇-

Jeju

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʌ̹t̚]

Suffix
Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 엇 (-eot-)
Yang-form 앗 (-at-)

엇 (-eot-)

  1. Past tense marker for clause-final verbs and adjectives.

Korean

Etymology

See the main entry.

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eot
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eos
McCune–Reischauer?ŏt
Yale Romanization?es
Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 엇 (-eot-)
Yang-form 앗 (-at-)

Suffix

엇 • (-eot-)

  1. Pyongan, Hamgyong, Yukjin, Hwanghae, and uncommon Gyeongsang form of 었 (-eot-, past-tense suffix).
    • 1979, 이흥권, “구복여행”, in 한국구비문학대계‎, 황해북도 봉산군 동선면:
      근디 야가 멫 살 났냐믄 열 네 살 먹엇어.
      Geundi ya-ga met sal nan-nya-meun yeol ne sal meokeoteo.
      But if you wanted to know how old he was, [he] was fourteen years old.
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