-으사
Korean
Alternative forms
- 사 (-sa) (after vowel-final and ㄹ (l)-final verbal stems)
Etymology
Of native Korean origin, from Middle Korean 으샤〮 (Yale: -usy-á), ᄋᆞ샤〮 (Yale: -osy-á).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɯsʰa̠]
- Phonetic hangul: [으사]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | eusa |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | eusa |
McCune–Reischauer? | ŭsa |
Yale Romanization? | usa |
Suffix
으사 • (-eusa)
- Archaic form of 으셔 (-eusyeo, contraction of 으시어 (-eusi-eo, “honorific infinitive”)).
- 夫子ㅣ 溫良恭儉讓하사 […]
- Bujae ollyanggonggyeomyang-hasa […]
- For the Master was humane, upright, courteous, temperate, and complaisant […]
Usage notes
- This suffix has an epenthetical vowel and therefore provokes verbal irregularities in certain stems, e.g. 그립 (geurip-) > 그리우사 (geuriusa).
- This suffix elides preceding ㄹ (l).