끓다

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See also: 꿇다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 긇다〮 (Yale: kùlh-tá).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?kkeulta
Revised Romanization (translit.)?kkeulhda
McCune–Reischauer?kkŭlt'a
Yale Romanization?kkulhta

Verb

Korean verb set
Base 끓다 (kkeulta)
Causative끓이다 (kkeurida)

끓다 (kkeulta) (infinitive 끓어, sequential 끓으니)

  1. (intransitive) to boil
  2. (intransitive, figuratively, of emotions or feelings) to seethe; to smoulder

Conjugation

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