그대

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 그듸 (Yale: kùtùy), originally equivalent to 그 (Yale: ku, “that/there”, i.e. the direction of the addressee) + 듸 (Yale: tuy, “place”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kɯdɛ] ~ [kɯde̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [그대/그데]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geudae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geudae
McCune–Reischauer?kŭdae
Yale Romanization?kutay

Pronoun

그대 • (geudae)

  1. (poetic, literary, formal) you, thou
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