가라앉다

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Sinjeonjachwi yeomchobang eonhae (新傳煮取焰硝方諺解 / 신전자취염초방언해), 1635, as Early Modern Korean ᄀᆞ라앉다 (Yale: kolaancta). From the now-lost root *kol- ("to flow"), whence also the obsolete words 가람 (garam, “river”) and (geol, “ditch”), and the verb 앉다 (anda, “to sit”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?garaanda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?galaanjda
McCune–Reischauer?karaanta
Yale Romanization?kalaancta

Verb

가라앉다 (garaanda) (infinitive 가라앉아, sequential 가라앉으니)

  1. to sink, to go down
    물에 수영할 거면 가라앉지 마세요!
    mure suyeonghal geomyeon garaanji maseyo!
    If you're going to go swimming in the water, please don't sink!
  2. to cool off, to cool down, to settle down
  3. to abate, to soothe

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