겉다

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Korean

Etymology

See the main entry.

Adjective

겉다 (geotda) (infinitive 겉어, sequential 겉으니)

  1. (Chungcheong, Gyeongsang, areas of, Seoul, Hwanghae, Jeolla dialect) Alternative form of 같다 (gatda, to be the same)
  2. (Chungcheong, Gyeongsang, areas of, Seoul, Hwanghae, Jeolla dialect) Alternative form of 같다 (gatda, to be similar, resemble)
    • 2021 May 11, 장순옥 [jangsunok], “백살이 넘었을 엄마의 손맛이 아직도 그립습니다 [baeksari neomeosseul eommaui sonmasi ajikdo geuripseumnida]”, in 나의 살던 고향은 [naui saldeon gohyang'eun]‎, 황해남도 연백군 해룡면 (현 연안군) [hwanghaenamdo yeonbaekgun haeryongmyeon (hyeon yeonan'gun)]:
      음력 찹쌀, 강아지겉은 .
      Eumnyeok seor-e-neun chapssaltteok, gang'ajitteokgeoteun'geo ha-go huintteok ha-go.
      During lunar new year chapssal-tteok, something resembling gangaji-tteok and white tteok.