걸우다

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Yeogeo yuhae (譯語類解 / 역어유해), 1690, as Early Modern Korean 걸오다 (Yale: kelwo-ta).

걸- (geol-, to be fertile) + -우- (-u-, causative suffix) + -다 (-da, suffix conventionally given for citation forms).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?georuda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geol'uda
McCune–Reischauer?kŏruda
Yale Romanization?kel.wuta

Verb

Korean verb set
Base 걸다 (geolda)
Causative걸우다 (georuda)

걸우다 (georuda) (infinitive 걸워, sequential 걸우니)

  1. (transitive) to fertilize, to manure

Conjugation