졸리다

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Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Gukhan hoehwa (國韓會話 / 국한회화), 1895, as Early Modern Korean 졸리다 (Yale: cwollita).

Equivalent to (cwol-, to doze off) +‎ (-li-, causative/passive suffix).

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?jollida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jollida
McCune–Reischauer?chollida
Yale Romanization?cōllita

Verb

졸리다 (jollida) (infinitive 졸려 or 졸리어, sequential 졸리니)

  1. (intransitive) to feel/get sleepy/drowsy
Conjugation

Adjective

졸리다 (jollida) (infinitive 졸려 or 졸리어, sequential 졸리니)

  1. (proscribed) to be sleepy/drowsy
Conjugation

Etymology 2

조르 (joreu-, to tighten; to strangle) + (-i-, passive suffix) + (-da, suffix conventionally given for citation forms).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jollida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jollida
McCune–Reischauer?chollida
Yale Romanization?collita

Verb

Korean verb set
Base 조르다 (joreuda)
Passive졸리다 (jollida)

졸리다 (jollida) (infinitive 졸려 or 졸리어, sequential 졸리니)

  1. (intransitive) passive of 조르다 (joreuda, to strangle): to be strangled
    졸려 죽다mog-i jollyeo jukdato be strangled to death
Conjugation

Etymology 3

조르 (joreu-, to pester; to press) + (-i-, passive suffix) + (-da, suffix conventionally given for citation forms).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jollida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jollida
McCune–Reischauer?chollida
Yale Romanization?collita

Verb

Korean verb set
Base 조르다 (joreuda)
Passive졸리다 (jollida)

졸리다 (jollida) (infinitive 졸려 or 졸리어, sequential 졸리니)

  1. (intransitive) passive of 조르다 (joreuda, to pester; to press)
    1. to be pestered for a favour
    2. to be pressed (for debt, etc.)
Conjugation