-으사

Korean Alternative forms ko -사 after vowel-final and ko ㄹ-final verbal stems Etymology , from ko okm - 으샤〮 -usy-á, ᄋᆞ샤〮 -osy-á. Pronunciation Suffix suffix ko -으셔 contraction of ko -으시--어 honorific infinitive archaic ko [夫](부)[子](자)-ㅣ [溫](온)[良](량)[恭](공)[儉](검)[讓](양)-하-사 Bujae ollyanggonggyeomyang-hasa For the Master was humane, upright, courteous, temperate, and complaisant (from a traditional cantillation of the Analects) Usage notes This suffix has an epenthetical vowel and therefore provokes verbal irregularities in certain stems, e.g. ko 그립다 그립- > ko 그리우사. This suffix elides preceding ko ㄹ.