답답하다

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean 답답ᄒᆞ다〮 (Yale: tàptàp-hòtá).

답답 (dapdap) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?dapdaphada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dabdabhada
McCune–Reischauer?taptaphada
Yale Romanization?taptap.hata

Adjective

답답하다 (dapdaphada) (infinitive 답답해 or 답답하여, sequential 답답하니)

  1. (to be) frustrated
  2. (to be) stuffy, stifling, suffocating
    고구마 먹은 처럼 답답하다
    goguma meogeun geot-cheoreom dapdap-hada
    Stuffy like eating a sweet potato.

Conjugation