-어ᇦ-

Middle Korean Alternative forms okm -업- -ep- -압- -ap- allophonic before consonants Etymology Related to okm -ᄫᅳ- -Wù-. The two suffixes are in complementary distribution in fifteenth-century Middle Korean; okm -어ᇦ- -eW- is used after stems ending in falling diphthongs or certain stems with liquid finals, and okm -ᄫᅳ- -Wù- otherwise. Pronunciation okm /əβ/ okm [əβ~əw] before vowels okm [əp̚] before consonants + Harmonic pair Yin-form okm -어ᇦ- -eW- Yang-formokm -아ᇦ- -aW- Suffix okm suffix -aW- -아ᇦ- A suffix attaching to verbal stems ending in okm ㅣ i or okm ㄹ l to derive adjectives. okm -ᄫᅳ- -Wù- Usage notes okm ㅣ i is usually elided; the main exception is okm 므ᅀᅴ〮엽다〮 mùzúyyèp-tá. Derived terms okm 므〮겁다〮<tr:múkèp-tá><t:to be heavy> 답〮ᄭᅡᆸ다〮<tr:tápskàp-tá><t:to be stuffy> 즐〮겁다〮<tr:cúlkèp-tá><t:to be pleasing> 붓그럽다<tr:puskulep-ta><t:to be ashamed> 므ᅀᅴ〮엽다〮<tr:mùzúyyèp-tá><t:to be afraid> 앗갑다<tr:askap-ta><t:to be regrettable> 어〮즈〮럽다〮<tr:écúlèp-tá><t:to be disorienting>