ᅘᅧ다

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Middle Korean

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Cognate to Jeju ᄊᆞ다 (ssawda), Jeju 싸다 (ssada, to light, to drain). Possibly from earlier *ᅘᆢ다 (*hhyota).

The base meaning seems to be 'to drag'. The sense 'to light (a fire)' probably comes from the fact that fires were typically started with a piece of steel (부시 (busi)) struck or dragged on a flintstone (부싯돌 (busitdol)), before matchsticks were introduced.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ᅘᅧ다〮 (hhyètá) (infinitive ᅘᅧ〮아〮, sequential ᅘᅧ니〮)

  1. to drag, to pull
  2. to light (a fire)
  3. to extract silk from a silkworm cocoon
  4. to play a stringed instrument with a bow
  5. to saw

Descendants

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  • Early Modern Korean: 혀다 (hyeta), ᄻᅧ다 (shyeta)
  • Korean: 켜다 (kyeoda), 써다 (sseoda)

See also

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  • ᅘᅧ (-hhye-, emphatic verbal suffix)