거러가다

Middle Korean

Etymology

걷〯- (kět-, “to walk”) +‎ -어〮 (-é, infinitive verbal suffix) +‎ 가- (ka-, “to go”).

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽kɘ̀lɘ́-kaH!-tá⫽

Verb

거러〮가다〮 (kèlékàtá) (infinitive 거러〮가〮, sequential 거러〮가니〮)

  1. to walk (somewhere)
    • 1459, 월인석보 [worinseokbo], volume 2, page 19a:
      象(샤ᇰ)ᄋᆞᆫ 믌 미트로 거러갈ᄊᆡ 菩薩(보살)ᄋᆡ 三界(삼계) ᄉᆞᄆᆞᆺ 아로미 ᄀᆞᆮᄒᆞ니라.
      SYANG-on mul-s mith-ulwo keleka-lssoy PWO.SAL-oy SAM.KYEY somos al-wom-i kotho-nila.
      Because the elephant walks under the river, it is akin to how the bodhisattva knows the Three Worlds well.

Descendants

  • Korean: 걸어가다 (georeogada)
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