Middle Korean

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Etymology

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Compare 몯〯 (mwǒt, unable, cannot).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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모〯ᄃᆡ〮 (mwǒtóy)

  1. necessarily
    Synonyms: 반ᄃᆞ시〮 (pàntòsí), 반ᄃᆞ기〮 (pàntòkí)
    • 1459, 月印釋譜 / 월인석보 [Worin seokbo], page 2:15b:
      살〯면〮 모〯ᄃᆡ〮 죽고〮 어울〮면〮 모〯ᄃᆡ〮 버ᅌᅳ〮는 거시〮니〮 []
      sálmyén mwǒtóy cwùkkwó èwúlmyén mwǒtóy pèngúnùn kès-íní
      To live is necessarily to die, and to come together is necessarily to separate []
  2. fervently