만나다

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 맛나다〮 (Yale: màsnà-tá). From 맞— (mat-, “to meet; to receive”) + 나— (na-, “to come out”) + —다 (-da, declarative verbal ending).

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만나다 • (mannada) (infinitive 만나, sequential 만나니) (transitive)

1. to meet; to see (someone)

   아, 그를 언제 다시 만나 볼 수 있을지는 알 수 없다.

   A, geu-reul eonje dasi manna bol su isseulji-neun al su eopda.

   Alas, I do not know when I will see him again.

   • after 1795, 李洙 (I Su) et al., chapter 111, in 重刊老乞大諺解 (Junggan Nogeoldae Eonhae) [Reprinted Nogeoldae, with Korean Interpretation]‎^{Ogura Coll. Asami Coll.}, volume 2, page 138:

     후에 보지 못 ᄒᆞ리라 니ᄅᆞ지 말라 / 만일 다시 만날 날이 이시면 / 엇지 다 죠흔 弟兄이 아니리오

     Don't say that we won't see after this; if ever there is a day where we meet again, how are we not all good brothers?

2. to become acquainted with; to develop a relationship with
3. to encounter (an event); to experience; to meet with

• Noun: 만남 (mannam)
• 얻어만나다 (eodeomannada)