붙들다

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Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 븓들다 (Yale: puttulta).

(but-, to stick, adhere, cling) + 들다 (deulda, to hold, take).

Pronunciation[edit]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?butdeulda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?butdeulda
McCune–Reischauer?puttŭlda
Yale Romanization?puthtulta

Verb[edit]

붙들다 (butdeulda) (infinitive 붙들어, sequential 붙드니)

  1. to take hold of, to grab, to grip, to grasp, to clutch, to clasp, to hang on
  2. to keep; to hold; to detain
  3. to cling to something

Conjugation[edit]