Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Seon'ga gwigam eonhae (禪家龜鑑諺解 / 선가귀감언해), 1610 (Songgwangsa ed.), as Early Modern Korean 사라오다 (Yale: salawota). From 살아 (sara, “sara”), infinitive form of 살다 (salda, “to live”) + 오다 (oda, “to have been doing”).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?saraoda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sal'aoda
McCune–Reischauer?saraoda
Yale Romanization?sal.aota

Verb

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살아오다 (saraoda) (infinitive 살아와, sequential 살아오니)

  1. To have been living.
  2. To survive; to have survived.
  3. To have made a living at a certain job over a long time.

Conjugation

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