ᄃᆞᆺ다

Middle Korean

Etymology

Possibly related to ᄃᆞᆺᄒᆞ다〮 (tòshòtá, “warm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʌ̌s.tá/

Verb

ᄃᆞᆺ〯다〮 (tǒstá) (infinitive ᄃᆞᅀᅡ〮 (tòzá), sequential ᄃᆞᅀᆞ〮니〮 (tòzóní))

1. to love, especially non-romantically or excessively

   Synonyms: 괴〯다〮 (kwǒytá, especially romantically), ᄉᆞ라ᇰᄒᆞ다〮 (sòlàng-hòtá)

   • 1447, 釋譜詳節 / 석보상절 (Seokbo Sangjeol), page 13:55b:

     흐린 業(업)을〮 브트〮면〮五(오)塵(딘)ᄋᆞᆯ〮 欲(욕)ᄒᆞ〮야〮 ᄃᆞᅀᅩ〮매〮 貪(탐)着(탹)ᄒᆞ고〮

     hùlìn EP-úl pùtúmyén WO.TIN-ól YOK-hóyá tòzwóm-áy THAM.THYAK-hòkwó

     if one depends on murky karma, one craves the āyatana and becomes obsessed with loving [sensory things]

   • 1449, 月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡 (Worin Cheon'gang ji Gok):

     子(ᄌᆞ)息(식)ᄋᆞᆯ ᄃᆞᅀᆞ샤 正(져ᇰ)法(법) 모ᄅᆞ실ᄊᆡ

     CO.SIK-ol tozosya CYENG.PEP mwolosilssoy

     as he loves his children [but] knows not the True Dharma

   • 1459, 月印釋譜 / 월인석보 (Worin Seokbo), page 9:42a:

     衆(쥬ᇰ)生(ᄉᆡᇰ)ᄋᆞᆯ〮 念(념)호〮ᄃᆡ〮 믜디〮 아니〮ᄒᆞ며〮 ᄃᆞᆺ〯디〮 아니〮ᄒᆞ〮야〮

     CYUNG.SOYNG-ól NYEM-hwótóy mùytí àní-hòmyé tǒstí àní-hóyá

     when reflecting upon the sentient beings, one must not hate them, nor must one love them

2. to long for
   • 1447, “Stanza 93”, in 龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가 (Yongbi eocheon'ga):

     어〮마니ᇝ〯 山(산)陵(르ᇰ)을〮 ᄃᆞ〯ᅀᆞ샤〮 粟(속)村(촌)애〮 도라〮오〮시면〮 建(건)國(국)之(지)功(고ᇰ)ᄋᆞᆯ〮 일우〮시리〮ᅌᅵᆺ가〮

     émànǐm-s SAN.LUNG-úl tǒzòsyá SWOK.CHWON-áy twòlá-wósìmyén KEN.KWUK.CI.KWONG-ól ìlGwúsìlíngìská

     if he had returned to Sokchon out of his longing for his mother's mountain grave, could he have accomplished the merit of founding a new dynasty?

Derived terms

• ᄃᆞᇫ〯오다〮 (tǒzGwòtá, “to love, to be pitiful”)