에다

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Eonhae duchang jibyo (諺解痘瘡集要 / 언해두창집요), 1608, as Early Modern Korean 어히다 (Yale: ehi-ta), causative of Middle Korean 엏다〮 (Yale: èh-tá, “to be cut”).

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?eda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eda
McCune–Reischauer?eda
Yale Romanization?ēyta

Verb

에다 (eda) (infinitive or 에어, sequential 에니) (transitive)

  1. (literary, now chiefly figurative) to cut, to slice; (by extension) to greatly pain
    삭풍 에듯 매서웠다.
    Sakpung-eun sar-eul edeut maeseowotda.
    The north wind was bitterly cold, as if cutting into flesh.
    돌아가신 부모님 생각 마음 에었다.
    Doragasin bumonim saenggag-i ma'eum-eul eeotda.
    Thoughts of my deceased parents cut wounds into my heart.

Conjugation