Korean edit

Etymology edit

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 셰〯오다〮 (Yale: syěyGwo-tá).

Equivalent to (seo-, to stand) + 이우 (-iu-, fused causative suffix) + (-da, suffix conventionally given for citation forms). The single-suffix form 셰〯다〮 (Yale: syěy-tá) was also used in Middle Korean.

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?se'uda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?se'uda
McCune–Reischauer?seuda
Yale Romanization?seywuta

Verb edit

Korean verb set
Base 서다 (seoda)
Causative세우다 (se'uda)

세우다 (se'uda) (infinitive 세워, sequential 세우니)

  1. (transitive) causative of 서다 (seoda, to stand):
    1. to cause to stand, to cause to become erect; to prop up, to set up
    2. to set up; to establish (e.g. a plan, an institution, a record)
    3. to restore (e.g. of law, custom)
    4. to sharpen (a blade)
    5. to park (a car)
    6. to make people line up

Conjugation edit