읃다

Korean

Etymology

See 얻다 (eotda).

Verb

읃다 • (eutda) (infinitive 읃어, sequential 읃으니)

1. (Gangwon, Seoul) Alternative form of 얻다 (eotda, “to take, obtain”)
   • 2010 February 3, 김계순 [gimgyesun], “밥 많이 먹는 마누라 [bap mani meongneun manura]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎^[1], 경기도 장단군 [gyeonggido jangdan'gun]:

     인제 일꾼을 읃어서 밥을 허는데 열 명 밥을 해오라고 글드래.

     Inje ilkkun-eul eudeo-seo bab-eul heo-neunde yeol myeong bab-eul hae'o-rago geul-deurae.

     Now they had received a group of workers to make food for them, [and the daughter-in-law] was told to make 10 meals for them.

     • Although recorded in Paju, the interviewee is from Jangdan County (which is split across the North-South Korean border) and likely would have left in her early twenties.