그대

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Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geudae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geudae
McCune–Reischauer?kŭdae
Yale Romanization?kutay

Pronoun[edit]

그대 (geudae)

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