댕기다

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Korean

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?daenggida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?daenggida
McCune–Reischauer?taenggida
Yale Romanization?tayngkita

Etymology 1

/i/-umlauted form of 당기다 (danggida, to pull), originally a dialectal borrowing into Standard Korean.

Verb

댕기다 (daenggida) (infinitive 댕겨 or 댕기어, sequential 댕기니)

  1. Alternative form of 땡기다 (ttaenggida, colloquial form of 당기다 (danggida, to pull, to draw)).
  2. (of fire) to light; to kindle
    Synonym: 붙이다 (buchida)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Continuously attested since at least the early seventeenth century; perhaps first attested in the Korean-language poem inscribed on the 추철회시문다완 / 萩鐵繪詩文茶碗, a ceramic cup made by a Korean prisoner-of-war in Japan around 1600, as Early Modern Korean ᄃᆡᆼ기다 (Yale: toyngki-ta).

Verb

댕기다 (daenggida) (infinitive 댕겨 or 댕기어, sequential 댕기니) (dialectal, Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, Seoul, Hamgyong, Gangwon, Yanbian, Russia)

  1. to go back and forth
    그리 댕기노? 정신 쌍그럽구로. (Gyeongsang dialect, Changwon)
    Wa geuri daenggino? Jeongsin ssanggeureopguro.
    Why are you going back and forth like that? It's disorienting.
  2. to go for a certain purpose
    Synonym: (Standard Korean) 다니다 (danida)
  3. to attend; to commute
    Synonym: (Standard Korean) 다니다 (danida)
    핵교 멫일부터 댕기?. (Gyeonggi dialect, Gimpo)
    Haekgyo-neun mechil-buteo daenggi-nya?.
    From what day do you attend school?.
Usage notes
  • In dialects where this verb is used, it usually replaces Standard 다니다 (danida).