놀다

Cognate to Korean 놀다 (nolda).

• IPA^(key): /no̞ɭda̠/

놀다 (nolda)

1. to play, to frolic

• 놀이개 (norigae, “play, game; plaything, toy”)

• 놀래 (nollae, “song”)

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 놀〯다〮 (Yale: nwǒl-tá), from pre-MK *nwòló-. In the Old Korean stage when the language distinguished the liquid consonants, the consonant in this stem was a lateral */l/ and not a rhotic */ɾ/ (Ramsey 1991; Ramsey 2008).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

놀다 • (nolda) (infinitive 놀아, sequential 노니)

1. (intransitive) to play, to hang out

   어디 놀러 가자. ― Eodi nolleo gaja. ― Let's go hang out somewhere.

   지난 주말에 친구들이랑 놀았어요. ― Jinan jumar-e chin'gu-deur-irang norasseoyo. ― Last weekend, I hung out with my friends.

2. (intransitive) to frolic, to move about gaily

   잉어가 연못에서 논다. ― Ing'eo-ga yeonmos-eseo nonda. ― The carps frolic in the pond.

3. (intransitive) (of a person or institution) to not work (e.g. due to vacation or unemployment); (of an object) to be unused or out of operation

   짤리고 나서 일자리를 찾기는 커녕 매일 빈둥빈둥 놀기만 한다.

   Jjalligo naseo iljari-reul chatgi-neun keonyeong maeil bindungbindung nolgi-man handa.

   After being fired, far from looking for work, all he does is laze about.

   너무 놀았더니 피아노 감을 잃었다.

   Neomu noratdeoni piano gam-eul ireotda.

   After taking a break for too long, I've lost touch with the piano.

   놀던 컴퓨터로 비트코인을 채굴하기 시작했다.

   Noldeon keompyuteo-ro biteukoin-eul chaegulhagi sijakhaetda.

   They have started to mine for bitcoins with computers that had been unused.

4. (intransitive) to behave delinquently or indecently

   노는 애들 ― noneun ae-deul ― the delinquent kids

5. (intransitive) Used to refer vaguely to any action, typically with a sarcastic, disparaging connotation.

   놀고 있네. ― Nolgo inne. ― What a joke they are. (literally, “They are playing.”)

6. (intransitive, dated, of a body part) to move without difficulty
7. (transitive, dated, rare) to hold (a performance or similar event)
8. (transitive, dated, rare) to use in gambling or a game of luck