-옷-
Middle Korean
Etymology 1
Unknown.
Alternative forms
See the main entry -돗〮- (-twós-).
Suffix
-옷〮- (-wós-)
- Alternative form of -돗〮- (-twós-, emotive suffix) that occurs following -ᄂᆞ- (-nò-), -더〮- (-té-), or -거- (-ke-).
Derived terms
- -것〮다〮 (-késtá, effective emotive declarative suffix)
- -놋〮다〮 (-nwóstá, processive emotive declarative suffix)
- -닷〮다〮 (-tástá, retrospective emotive declarative suffix)
Etymology 2
Probably from Old Korean 古叱 (*-kwos-) attested in 12th-13th century Gugyeol.[1]
Alternative forms
-ㅅ- (-s-) in some environments.
Suffix
-옷〮- (-wós-)
- Optional verbal suffix that indicates that the subject is plural.
- a. 1517, 번역노걸대하 (飜譯老乞大) [beonyeongnogeoldaeha], volume 하 (下):
- 큰 혀ᇰ아 우리 도라가노소라. 네 됴히 잇거라.
- Khun hyeng=a wuli twolaka-n-wos-wo-la. ne=y tyoh-i is-ke-la.
- Big brother, we are going back. You stay healthy.
Usage notes
- The emotive suffix's variant form 옷〮 (-wós-) and the plural subject suffix 옷〮 (-wós-) may have the same form, but they are merely homophones, as their functions are distinct and they have different morphological restrictions.[2]
Derived terms
- -노〮소〮라〮 (-nwóswólá, 1st person plural declarative suffix)
- -다〮소〮니〮 (-táswóní, retrospective 1st person plural sequential suffix)
- -소〮라〮 (-swólá, declarative 1st person plural suffix)
- -ᄉᆞ〮라〮 (-sólá, plural imperative suffix)
- -ᄉᆞᆫ〮다〮 (-sóntá, 2nd person plural question suffix)