Korean/Words/두다

두다

The two players of Go (game), Black and White, take turns placing stones of their colour on the intersections of the board, one stone at a time.

Roman: du-da
Verb
일정한 곳에 놓다. [1] [2]
to lay, put, place something somewhere, say, on the table.

놓아두다 (noh-a-, "to get something laid down")
쌓아두다 (ssah-a-, "to get something piled")
바둑을 두다 (badug-eul-, "to play go game," lit. "to place one after another stone in the vital position on the board.") ^[3]

duon #Old Dutch doen #Dutch dōn #Old English do #English ^[4] tuon #Old High German tun #German

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↑ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/두다
↑ One theory about the etymology of 바둑 (badug) is that it was known as 바독 (badog), a diminutive of 바닥 (badag, "base"), hence the go board. Another is that either 바둑 or 바독 or the dialect 바돌 (badol) means 바둑돌 (badug-dol, "go stone"), which fits the opening phrase well.
↑ https://www.websters1913.com/words/Do
Do (d?), v. t. or auxiliary. [...]
1. To place; to put. [Obs.] Tale of a Usurer (about 1330).
2. To cause; to make; -- with an infinitive. [Obs.]