Korean edit

Etymology edit

First attested in the Sinjeung yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576, as Middle Korean 오록ᄒᆞ다 (Yale: wolwok-hota). Equivalent to 오롯 (orot, root) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives); first element is derived from the root (ol, whole). Compare 오로지 (oroji, solely, wholly).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?orothada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?oloshada
McCune–Reischauer?orothada
Yale Romanization?oloshata

Adjective edit

오롯하다 (orothada) (infinitive 오롯해 or 오롯하여, sequential 오롯하니)

  1. to be complete, to be sufficient
    생각마음 분별 멈추고 거두어 그쳤을 , 머릿속 오롯하여 또렷하게 존재하는 (Buddhism)
    saenggak‧ma'eum-ui bunbyeor-eul meomchugo geodueo geucheosseul ttae, meoritsog-e orothayeo ttoryeot-hage jonjae-haneun geot
    that thing which exists clearly and self-sufficiently within the head, when one has put an end to the particularization of thought and mind and drawn it away and made it cease

Conjugation edit