-으매

Korean Alternative forms ko -매 after vowels and ko -ㄹ Etymology From ko -음 verbal noun-deriving suffix -애 obsolete form of ko -에 at locative marker: "at [VERB]ing...". May have grammaticalized as a purpose-marking suffix in the seventeenth century.ko:[원인]을 나타내는 연결어미에 대한 통시적 고찰 — <노걸대언해>류를 중심으로 — ko:안주호 2002 Eoneohak 34 133—158 On the historical development of purposive connectives in Korean: Focusing on the Nogeoldae eonhae Pronunciation Suffix ko dated because, since ko ko [蒙](몽)[語](어)[老](노)[乞](걸)[大](대) The Nogeoldae Old Cathayan for Mongol language 1790 ko [方](방)[孝](효)[彦](언) (Bang Hyo'eon) 져녁-이 되-도록 밥 먹지 못 ᄒᆞ야시매 ᄇᆡ ᄀᆞ장 골푸니 Since we were not able to eat anything into the evening, we are extremely hungry ᄒᆞ/하,ᄇᆡ/배,ᄀᆞ/가 References