먹다

Jeju

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽məkta⫽
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Etymology 1

Verb

먹다 (meokda)

1. to eat, drink, consume

   밥을 먹다 ― bab-eul meokda ― to eat food

Etymology 2

Verb

먹다 (meokda)

1. to join

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

먹다 • (meokda) (infinitive 먹어, sequential 먹으니)

1. to eat, drink, have, consume (food or liquid)

   밥을 먹다 ― bab-eul meokda ― to eat food

   아침은 먹었니?

   Achim-eun meogeonni?

   Have you had your breakfast?

   술을 먹다 ― sur-eul meokda ― to drink wine

   그 여자는 그 음식을 좀 먹었다. 그런데 모두 먹기에는 그렇게 배고프지 않았다. 그래서 나중에 다 먹으려고 냉장고에 그것을 넣어 두었다.

   Geu yeoja-neun geu eumsig-eul jom meogeotda. Geureonde modu meokgi-eneun geureoke baegopeuji anatda. Geuraeseo najung-e da meogeuryeogo naengjanggo-e geugeos-eul neo'eo dueotda.

   She ate some of the food, but was not hungry enough to eat it all, so she put the rest in the refrigerator to finish later.

2. to pocket, embezzle, seize upon
3. to receive, get
4. to make up (one's mind), be determined
5. to grow older

   보기보다는 나이를 먹지 않다 ― bogiboda-neun nai-reul meokji anta ― to be not so old as one looks

   나이 먹은 사람 ― nai meogeun saram ― a man of years

6. (figuratively, slang, vulgar) to screw, fuck

   어젯밤 여자친구를 먹었다.

   Eojetbam yeojachin'gu-reul meogeotda.

   I fucked my girlfriend last night

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