답답하다

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Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

First attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean 답답ᄒᆞ다〮 (Yale: tàptàp-hòtá).

답답 (dapdap) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation[edit]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?dapdaphada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dabdabhada
McCune–Reischauer?taptaphada
Yale Romanization?taptap.hata

Adjective[edit]

답답하다 (dapdaphada) (infinitive 답답해 or 답답하여, sequential 답답하니)

  1. (to be) frustrated
  2. (to be) stuffy, stifling, suffocating
    고구마 먹은 처럼 답답하다
    goguma meogeun geot-cheoreom dapdap-hada
    Stuffy like eating a sweet potato.

Conjugation[edit]