애월하다

Korean

Etymology

애월(愛月) (aewol) +‎ 하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving active verbs).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈɛ(ː)wʌ̹ɾɦa̠da̠] ~ [ˈe̞(ː)wʌ̹ɾɦa̠da̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [애(ː)월하다/에(ː)월하다]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	aewolhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	aewolhada
McCune–Reischauer?	aewŏrhada
Yale Romanization?	āywel.hata

Verb

애월하다 • (aewolhada) (infinitive 애월해 or 애월하여, sequential 애월하니)

1. (obsolete) to love the Moon; to adore the beauty of the Moon
   • c. 1790, 樂學拾零 (Akhak Seumnyeong) [Tidbits of the Musical Sciences]:

     太(태)白(ᄇᆡᆨ)이 愛(ᄋᆡ)月(월)ᄒᆞ다 ᄃᆞᆯ조ᄎᆞ 가져가랴

     taebaegi aewolhada daljocha gajyeogarya

     Though Li Bai loved the Moon, how could he have taken it [to his grave]?