Middle Korean

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Etymology

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가도 (katwo-, to confine) +‎ ᅘᅧ (hhye-, to drag).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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가도〮혀다〮 (kàtwóhyètá) (infinitive 가도〮혀〮, sequential 가도〮혀니〮)

  1. to draw back, to fold back
    • 1481, 분류두공부시언해 (Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae), volume 9, page 17b:
      자라 간 새도 다 ᄂᆞᆯ개ᄅᆞᆯ 가도혓도다
      cala kan say-two ta nolkay-lol katwohyestwota
      The bird who has gone to sleep has all folded back its wings, too.