으로써 (-ulosse)#

Allomorph: 로써(-losse)

Instrument and Means#

Equivalent to 으로 (-ulo)'s Instrument, 으로써 marks Instrument when the nominal is an object:

망치로써로써
hammer-with
컵을
cup-ACC
깨트렸다
broke
.

'(I) broke the cup with a hammer.' 001

When marking an action that causally mediates the main event, 으로써 is annotated as Means.

눈물로써
tears-with
호소한다
petition
.

'(I) petition with tears.' 002

We annotate "material" sense of 으로써 as SourceInstrument:

로써
rice-with

rice cake-ACC
만든다
make
.

'(One) makes rice cakes with rice.' 003

Time#

으로써 can also mark a reference time.

고향을
hometown-ACC
떠난
left

since
올해로써
current_year-since
20년
이다
be
.

'This year marks 20 years since (I) left homehown.' 004

드디어
finally
제6회
6th
바리스타
barrista
자격증
license
시험이
examination
오늘로써
today-as_of
시작되었습니다
started

'Finally, the 6th barrista examinations started as of today' 005

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