디디다

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin cheon'gangjigok (月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡), 1449, as Middle Korean 드듸〮다〮 (Yale: tùtúytá).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?didida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?didida
McCune–Reischauer?tidida
Yale Romanization?titita

Verb

디디다 (didida) (infinitive 디뎌 or 디디어, sequential 디디니)

  1. (transitive) to tread on
    계단 디딜 조심해라.
    gyedan-eul didil ttae josimhaera.
    Be careful when you're treading on the stairs.
  2. (transitive) to tread, to tread with (with object such as 걸음 (georeum, “step”), etc.)
    벼랑 있었고 잘못 디디면 죽음이었다.
    byeorang kkeut-e seo isseotgo bar-eul jalmot didimyeon jugeum-ieotda.
    I was standing on the very edge of a precipice, and if I trod a wrong step, it was death.
  3. (figurative, transitive) to overcome an obstacle

Conjugation