Middle Korean

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Etymology

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가도 (katwo-, to confine) +‎ (-i-, passive suffix).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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가도〮이다〮 (kàtwóìtá) (infinitive 가도〮여〮, sequential 가도〮이니〮)

  1. to get confined, to get locked up
    • 1481, 월인석보 (Worin Seokbo), volume 9, page 25a:
      ᄒᆞ다가 有情이 나랏 法에 자피여 ᄆᆡ여 매 마자 獄애 가도이거나
      By any chance, [if] a sentient being gets caught by a country's law and gets caned and locked up in prison,