쌓다

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 쌓다〮 (Yale: ssàh-tá).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ssata
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ssahda
McCune–Reischauer?ssat'a
Yale Romanization?ssahta

Verb

Korean verb set
Base 쌓다 (ssata)
Passive쌓이다 (ssaida)

쌓다 (ssata) (infinitive 쌓아, sequential 쌓으니) (transitive)

쌓다
  1. (literal, figurative) to stack up, to pile up
    쌓다dor-eul ssatato stack up stones
    쌓다deog-eul ssatato cultivate one's virtue
    실력 쌓다sillyeog-eul ssatato undergo training (literally, “to pile up one's talent”)
    나무 토막 차곡차곡 쌓았다.
    Namu tomag-eul chagokchagok ssaatda.
    I piled up blocks of wood in order.
  2. to build by stacking up; to erect, to raise
    쌓다dam-eul ssatato build a wall; to erect a wall
    성곽 쌓다seonggwag-eul ssatato raise castle walls
  3. (especially dialectal, Gyeongsang, Chungcheong, Jeolla dialect, auxiliary, with -어/아) to keep..., to be ...ing; denotes repeated or continuous action.
    난리 지겨샇고 (Gyeongsang dialect, Changwon)nalli-reul jigyeo-sako They keep making a ruckus
    좋아사서 죽는다 (Gyeongsang dialect, Changwon)joa-saseo jungneundaHe likes it enough to die

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