긋다

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Korean

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geutda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geusda
McCune–Reischauer?kŭtta
Yale Romanization?kūsta

Etymology 1

First attested in the Seonjong yeonggajip eonhae (禪宗永嘉集諺解 / 선종영가집언해), 1456, as Middle Korean 긋다 (Yale: kus-ta).

Verb

긋다 (geutda) (irregular, infinitive 그어, sequential 그으니)

  1. (transitive, also figuratively) to draw a line; to mark
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin.

Verb

긋다 (geutda) (irregular, infinitive 그어, sequential 그으니)

  1. (intransitive, of rain) to stop temporarily
  2. (transitive) to wait for the rain to stop
Conjugation

Middle Korean

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

Middle Korean verb set
Base 긋다〮 (kùstá)
Causative그치〮다〮 (kùchítá)

긋다〮 (kùstá) (infinitive 그처〮 (kùché), sequential 그츠〮니〮 (kùchúní), phonemic spelling 긏다〮)

  1. (ergative) to cut or to be cut
  2. (ergative) to (come to a) stop
Descendants
  • Early Modern Korean: 긏다 (kuchta), 그ퟌ다 (kunchta), ᄭᅳퟌ다 (skunchta), ᄭᅳᆭ다 (skunhta)
    • Korean: 끊다 (kkeunta, to cut; to stop, transitive)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

긋다 (kusta) (infinitive 그ᅀᅥ (kuze), sequential 그ᅀᅳ니 (kuzuni), phonemic spelling 그ᇫ다)

  1. (transitive) to draw a line
Descendants