까맣다

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Korean

Etymology

Tense form of now uncommon 가맣다 (gamata), from Middle Korean 가마ᄒᆞ다 (Yale: kama-hota), equivalent to 가마 (Yale: kama, an inflected form of 감다 (kamta, to be black)) + ᄒᆞ다 (Yale: hota, light verb whence modern 하다 (hada)).

This ᄒᆞ다 (hota) construction, which is now ungrammatical in these contexts, was used widely in Middle Korean to derive emphatic color terms; see #Related terms below.

Pronunciation

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 꺼멓다 (kkeomeota)
Yang-form 까맣다 (kkamata)
Consonant set
Plain 가맣다 (gamata)
Intensive 까맣다 (kkamata)
  • (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?kkamata
Revised Romanization (translit.)?kkamahda
McCune–Reischauer?kkamat'a
Yale Romanization?kkāmahta

Adjective

까맣다 (kkamata) (irregular, infinitive 까매, sequential 까마니)

  1. to be pitch black

Conjugation

Related terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 이선영 (Yi Seon-yeong) (2012) “국어의 기본 색채어와 그 의미 [gugeoui gibon saekchaeeowa geu uimi, A Study on Basic Color Terms and their meanings in Korean]”, in Gugeo Gungmunhak, volume 162, pages 143—170