만ᄒᆞ다
Middle Korean
Etymology
만〯 (mǎn, element unproductive in isolation) + ᄒᆞ다〮 (hòtá, light verb deriving verbs and adjectives).
The first element is usually, though somewhat speculatively, connected to Sino-Korean 萬 (mǎn, “ten thousand; myriad; (figuratively) countless”).[1] The likelihood of a Sinitic derivation is strengthened both by the light verb construction and the synonymous and clearly native adjective 하다〮 (hàtá).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mǎn.hʌ̀.tá/
Adjective
만〯ᄒᆞ다〮 (mǎn-hòtá) (infinitive 만〯ᄒᆞ야〮, sequential 만〯ᄒᆞ니〮)
- (less common) to be many
- Synonym: (more common) 하다〮 (hàtá)
Descendants
- Korean: 많다 (manta)
References
- Samuel E. Martin (1992) A Reference Grammar of Korean: A Complete Guide to the Grammar and History of the Korean Language, first edition, Charles E. Tuttle Publishing Co., Inc., →ISBN, page 686