Korean

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Etymology

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완곡(婉曲) (wan'gok) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈwa̠(ː)nɡo̞kʰa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?wan'gokhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?wangoghada
McCune–Reischauer?wan'gokhada
Yale Romanization?wānkok.hata

Adjective

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완곡하다 (wan'gokhada) (infinitive 완곡해 or 완곡하여, sequential 완곡하니)

  1. euphemistic

Conjugation

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