찌다

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First attested in the Neung'eomgyeong eonhae (楞嚴經諺解 / 능엄경언해), 1461, as Middle Korean ᄠᅵ〮다〮 (Yale: ptí-tá).

찌다 • (jjida) (infinitive 쪄 or 찌어, sequential 찌니)

1. (transitive) to steam (food), to cook with steam
2. (intransitive, of the weather) to be hot and humid, to be sultry, to be sweltering

   한여름이라 그런지 날씨가 정말 푹푹 찝니다.

   Hanyeoreumira geureonji nalssi-ga jeongmal pukpuk jjimnida.

   It being midsummer, the weather is really hot and humid.

   찌는 날씨 속에서도 인부들은 열심히 일했다.

   Jjineun nalssi sog-eseo-do inbu-deur-eun yeolsimhi ilhaetda.

   Even in the sweltering weather, the labourers worked hard.

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

찌다 • (jjida) (infinitive 쪄 or 찌어, sequential 찌니)

1. (intransitive) to get fat, to gain weight

   살이 뒤룩뒤룩 찌다 ― sar-i dwirukdwiruk jjida ― to gain lots of weight

First attested in the Worin cheon'gangjigok (月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡), 1449, as Middle Korean ᄣᅵ다 (Yale: psti-ta).

찌다 • (jjida) (infinitive 쪄 or 찌어, sequential 찌니)

1. (intransitive, dated, of the tide) to ebb

Presumably a palatalised form of the standard word.

찌다 • (jjida) (infinitive 쪄 or 찌어, sequential 찌니)

1. (Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Seoul, Chungcheong, Jeolla dialect) Alternative form of 끼다 (kkida, “to insert, fasten”)
   • 1982 February 11, 송영백, “글 잘 하는 아이”, in 한국구비문학대계‎, 충청북도 부여군 충화면:

     하루는 책을 옆이 찌구 서당이를 가느라닝게.

     Haru-neun chaeg-eul yeop-i jji-gu seodang-i-reul ga-neura-ningge.

     Because in the day the boy would fasten his books next to him and head off to the village school.

2. (Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Seoul, Chungcheong, Jeolla dialect) Alternative form of 끼다 (kkida, “to wear, put on (glasses, gloves, rings)”)
3. (Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Seoul, Chungcheong, Jeolla dialect) Alternative form of 끼다 (kkida, “to fold, cross (arms of hands)”)
4. (Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Seoul, Chungcheong, Jeolla dialect) Alternative form of 끼다 (kkida, “to keep close, go alongside”)
   • 1984 July 11, 김영애, “지하 도적잡고 용왕국에서 얻은 연적”, in 한국구비문학대계‎, 경상북도 선산군 고아면 (현 구미시 고아읍):

     저 장수가 서울 정승의 딸을 둘을 옆에다 쪄고 날라가더래여.

     Jeo jangsu-ga seoul jeongseung-ui ttar-eul dur-eul yeop-eda jjeo-go nallagadeoraeyeo.

     The general said that the minister of Seoul flew away alongside his two daughters.