덥다

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Jeju

Etymology

Cognate with Korean 덥다 (deopda).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /təp̚t͈a̠/

Adjective

덥다 (deopda)

  1. (to be) hot, warm

Synonyms

References

  • 덥다” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 덥〯다〮 (Yale: těptá).

Possible cognates include Japanese 灯す (tomosu, to light) and Proto-Indo-European *tep- (to be hot, warm).

Pronunciation

  • (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?deopda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?deobda
McCune–Reischauer?tŏpta
Yale Romanization?tēpta

Adjective

덥다 (deopda) (irregular, infinitive 더워, sequential 더우니)

  1. to be hot (of the weather or outside temperature)
    Antonym: 춥다 (chupda)
    날씨 덥지 않아요?
    nalssiga deopji anayo?
    Isn't the weather hot?
  2. (dated) to be hot (of an object)
    Synonym: (used nowadays) 뜨겁다 (tteugeopda)

Conjugation

Middle Korean

Alternative forms

Adjective

덥〯다〮 (těptá)

  1. (to be) hot, warm
    • 1459, 月印釋譜 / 월인석보 [Worin seokbo]:
      모〮미〮 겨ᅀᅳ〮렌 덥〯고〮 녀르〮멘 ᄎᆞ〮고〮
      mwóm-í kyèzúl-èyn těpkwó nyèlúm-èyn chókwó
      The body is warm during the winter and cold during the summer, and...

Conjugation

Accentual class R! lenited-consonant stem
Declarative Connective Infinitive Conditional
덥〯다〮 (těptá) 덥〯고〮 (těpkwó) 더ᄫᅥ〮 (tèWé) 더ᄫᅳ〮면〮 (tèWúmyén)

Antonyms

Descendants

  • Jeju: 덥다 (deopda)
  • Korean: 덥다 (deopda)