살아오다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seon-ga gwigam eonhae (禪家龜鑑諺解 / 선가귀감언해), 1610 (Songgwangsa ed.), as Middle Korean 사라오다 (salawota). From 살아 (sara, “sara”), infinitive form of 살다 (salda, “to live”) + 오다 (oda, “to have been doing”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[sʰa̠ɾa̠o̞da̠]
  • Phonetic Hangul[]
Revised Romanization? saraoda
Revised Romanization (translit.)? sal-aoda
McCune–Reischauer? saraoda
Yale Romanization? sal.aota

Verb

살아오다 (saraoda) (infinitive 살아와, sequential 살아오니)

  1. To have been living.
  2. To survive; to have survived.
  3. To have made a living at a certain job over a long time.

Conjugation

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