세우다

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Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 셰〯오다〮 (Yale: syěyGwo-tá).

Equivalent to (seo-, to stand) + 이우 (-iu-, fused causative suffix) + (-da, suffix conventionally given for citation forms). The single-suffix form 셰〯다〮 (Yale: syěy-tá) was also used in Middle Korean.

Pronunciation[edit]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?se'uda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?se'uda
McCune–Reischauer?seuda
Yale Romanization?seywuta

Verb[edit]

Korean verb set
Base 서다 (seoda)
Causative세우다 (se'uda)

세우다 (se'uda) (infinitive 세워, sequential 세우니)

  1. (transitive) causative of 서다 (seoda, to stand):
    1. to cause to stand, to cause to become erect; to prop up, to set up
    2. to set up; to establish (e.g. a plan, an institution, a record)
    3. to restore (e.g. of law, custom)
    4. to sharpen (a blade)
    5. to park (a car)
    6. to make people line up

Conjugation[edit]