줄다

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 졸〯다〮 (Yale: cwǒl-tá).

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?julda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?julda
McCune–Reischauer?chulda
Yale Romanization?cwūlta

Verb

Korean verb set
Base 줄다 (julda)
Causative줄이다 (jurida)

줄다 (julda) (infinitive 줄어, sequential 주니)

  1. (intransitive) to decrease, to shrink
    Antonym: 늘다 (neulda)
    1982 이래, 그것 250미터 만큼 줄었다.
    Cheon'gubaekpalsibinyeon iraero, geugeos-eun ibaegosimmiteo mankeum jureotda.
    Since 1982, it has shrunk by 250 meters.
    2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns (The original sentence in English)

Conjugation