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Korean
Etymology
See the main entry.
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | deokda |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | deogda |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | tŏkta |
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| Yale Romanization? | tekta |
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Verb
덕다 • (deokda) (infinitive 덕어, sequential 덕으니)
- Pyongan form of 적다 (jeokda, “to write, write down”)
1979 May 19, 정몽일 [jeongmong'il], “박어사의 간부 퇴치담 [bageosaui ganbu toechidam]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye], 평안북도 선천군 선천읍 [pyeong'anbukdo seoncheon'gun seoncheoneup]:기놈에 이름을 빡빡 덕어서 닣구 이제 서울 과거 올라오는데 그 이튿날은 어떻게 됐느냐.- Ginom-e ireum-eul ppakppak deogeo-seo niku ije seoul gwageo ollao-neunde geu iteunnar-eun eotteoke dwaen-neunya.
- So he wrote down the guy's name and now what happened the day after he went to Seoul for the civil service examination.
- As the speaker is a Korean war refugee who lives in Seoul, it is likely that his speech has influence from standard Korean or the Gyeonggi dialect spoken in Seoul.