Post-vowel allomorphic form of -과 (-gwa). (indicates that the preceding noun is used as a standard or basis for comparison) · Post-vowel allomorphic form of -과 (-gwa). (marks that an action is performed in the company of or alongside someone or something) · Post-vowel allomorphic form of -과 (-gwa). (denotes an opponent or target with which one is in competition or conflict)
köken: From Middle Korean -와〮 (Yale: -Gwá), allomorph of -과〮 (Yale: -kwá) following a vowel, produced by intervocalic lenition of /k/ to /ɣ/ from Old Korean 果 (*-kwa).
contrariwise, conversely, the other way round, vice versa · on the contrary, to the contrary, rather (introducing a contrast to a prior statement or assumption)
köken: From на (na) + Proto-Slavic *opakъ. Compare Macedonian наопаку (naopaku), Serbo-Croatian на̏опа̄ко / nȁopāko, Polish na opak, Czech naopak.
köken: From Proto-Italic *komterād, ablative singular feminine of *komteros (“the other of the two who meet, opposite”). The ablative singular masculine/neuter of the same is continued in Latin contrō-, cognate to Oscan contrud. Ultimately from *kom- + *-teros; thus, a doublet of cum, comparable to the relation between intrā and in, and extrā and ex, but unlike these lacking external cognates, and…
köken: Cognate with Muong Bi pỡi. Probably related as etymology 1, as prepositions in Vietnamese are most often originally verbals. The form vuối used to enjoy widespread usage in both Northern and Southern dialects, but is now completely obsolete. This form might be the diphthongized equivalent of vói (“to stretch out, to reach out”) mentioned above.