-으쿠다

Jeju

Etymology

From -읔- (-euk-, “general speculative future suffix”) +‎ -우다 (-uda, “polite sentence-ender”).

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽ɨkʰuta⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [ɨkʰuda̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [으쿠다]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?-eukuda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eukuda
Yale Romanization?ukhwuta

Suffix

-으쿠다 (-eukuda)

  1. An assertive or speculative suffix for sentence-final verbs in the "deferential style" ᄒᆞᆸ서체 (hawpseoche) formal polite speech level in declarative sentences. See -읔- (-euk-) for more.
    나가 내중에 들어보쿠다.
    Na-ga naejung-e deureobo-kuda.
    I will ask about it later.
    가이덜토 갓이민 딱 좋으쿠다게.
    Gai-deol-to gasimin ttak jo-eukuda-ge.
    It would be nice if they could go too.

Alternative forms

  • -쿠다 (-kuda) — after a vowel or ㄹ (l)
  • -이쿠다 (-ikuda) — after stems that end in ㅅ (s), ㅈ (j), or ㅊ (ch)

Derived terms

  • -으쿠덴 (-eukuden)
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