Middle Korean

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Etymology

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The synonymous verb ᄆᆞᆫ지다 (moncita) suggests that the root may have been *ᄆᆞᆫ (*mon), perhaps also found in ᄆᆞᆫᄃᆞᆯ다 (montolta, to make).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ᄆᆞ니〮다〮 (mònítá)

  1. to touch (with the hand)
    Synonym: ᄆᆞᆫ지다 (moncita)
    • 1459, 月印釋譜 / 월인석보 [Worin seokbo], page 21a:3b:
      다〯 모다〮 오〮나〮시ᄂᆞᆯ〮 (솅〮)()이〮 머리〮 ᄆᆞ니〮시니〮
      tǎ mwòtá wónásìnól SYÉY.CWÒN-í mèlí mònísìní
      They all gathered and came, and the World-Honored [Buddha] touched their heads

Conjugation

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Accentual class LH stem
Declarative Connective Infinitive Conditional
ᄆᆞ니〮다〮 (mònítá) ᄆᆞ니〮고〮 (mòníkwó) ᄆᆞ녀〮 (mònyé) ᄆᆞ니〮면〮 (mònímyén)