그대

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 그듸 (Yale: kùtùy), originally equivalent to 그 (Yale: ku, “that/there”, i.e. the direction of the addressee) + 듸 (Yale: tuy, “place”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kɯdɛ] ~ [kɯde̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [그대/그데]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	geudae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	geudae
McCune–Reischauer?	kŭdae
Yale Romanization?	kutay

Pronoun

그대 • (geudae)

1. (poetic, literary, formal) you, thou