"매우" meaning in Korean

See 매우 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [mɛu] [SK-Standard, Seoul], [me̞u] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: mae'u [romanization]
Etymology: First attested in the Sin'gan guhwang chwaryo (新刊救荒撮要 / 신간구황촬요), 1660, as Early Modern Korean ᄆᆡ오 (Yale: moywo), combination of ᄆᆡᆸ (moyp) + suffix -오 (o). After the mid-15th century, ㅸ (ㅸ) changed to ㅗ (o), ㅜ (u) before a vowel other than ㅣ (i). See also 맵다 (maepda) and ㅸ (ㅸ). Etymology templates: {{ko-etym-native|sgg|ᄆᆡ오|moywo|dot=,}} First attested in the Sin'gan guhwang chwaryo (新刊救荒撮要 / 신간구황촬요), 1660, as Early Modern Korean ᄆᆡ오 (Yale: moywo),, {{ko-l|오}} 오 (o), {{ko-l|ㅸ}} ㅸ (ㅸ), {{ko-l|ㅗ}} ㅗ (o), {{ko-l|ㅜ}} ㅜ (u), {{ko-l|ㅣ}} ㅣ (i), {{ko-l|맵다}} 맵다 (maepda), {{ko-l|ㅸ}} ㅸ (ㅸ) Head templates: {{ko-adv}} 매우 • (mae'u)
  1. very, extremely Related terms: 굉장히 (goengjanghi), 아주 (aju)

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for 매우 meaning in Korean (2.4kB)

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