간대르사

Korean

Etymology

Compare 간댈사 (gandaelsa), also used in Yukjin. Apparently from a term in Middle/Old Korean that was preserved in the Yukjin dialect.

Adverb

간대르사 • (gandaereusa)

1. (Yukjin, Russia) surely (in a negative sense)

   Synonym: 설마 (seolma)

   • 2004, 곽충구 [gwakchunggu, Kwak Chung-gu], “2012년도 국외 집단 이주 한민족의 지역어 조사 보고서 [2012nyeondo gugoe jipdan iju hanminjogui jiyeogeo josa bogoseo]”, in 국립국어원 [gungnipgugeowon], National Institute of the Korean Language, page 133:

     기래 내 그거 그래 간대르사 그렇갯는가구. (Russia)

     Girae nae geugeo geurae gandaereusa geureo-kaen-neun'ga-gu.

     Surely I wouldn't have done that.