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ㅯ Middle Korean Etymology From okm oko 音叱 *-ms. Pronunciation okm /ms/ Suffix okm suffix -ms- okm archaic necessity-marking suffix attached to a verb stem, equivalent to English "it is fitting that..." okm 1490 ko 삼강행실도언해본 三綱行實圖諺解本 Samgang Haengsildo Eonhaebon Korean Translation of the Illustrated Conduct of the Three Bonds 모로매 降ᄒᆡ요려커든 내 알ᄑᆡ셔 주거뵈요ᇝ다 mwolwomay HANG-hoyyolyekhetun na-y alph-oysye cwuke-pwoyyomsta If you indeed wish to make me surrender, it is fitting that I die in front [of you] to show [that I will not surrender]. References 남풍현 (Nam Pung-hyun) ko:헌화가의 해독<tr:Heonhwaga-ui haedok> Interpretation of the Heonhwa-ga Gugyeol Yeon'gu 2010 24 5–35