Korean

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Etymology 1

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Originally Middle Korean 구스다〮 (Yale: kwùsù-tá), speakers have later inserted the adjective-deriving suffix 하다 (-hada), first attested in the late Early Modern period.

Equivalent to 구수 (gusu) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gusuhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gusuhada
McCune–Reischauer?kusuhada
Yale Romanization?kwuswuhata

Adjective

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Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 구수하다 (gusuhada)
Yang-form 고소하다 (gosohada)

구수하다 (gusuhada) (infinitive 구수해 or 구수하여, sequential 구수하니)

  1. to be savoury or tasty as soybean paste stew or scorched rice
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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구수(口授) (gusu) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving active verbs).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈku(ː)sʰuɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gusuhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gusuhada
McCune–Reischauer?kusuhada
Yale Romanization?kwūswuhata

Verb

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구수하다 (gusuhada) (infinitive 구수해 or 구수하여, sequential 구수하니, hanja 口授하다)

  1. (transitive, formal) to instruct orally
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