쌓다

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Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 쌓다〮 (Yale: ssàh-tá).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ssata
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ssahda
McCune–Reischauer?ssat'a
Yale Romanization?ssahta

Verb

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Korean verb set
Base 쌓다 (ssata)
Passive쌓이다 (ssaida)

쌓다 (ssata) (infinitive 쌓아, sequential 쌓으니) (transitive)

쌓다
  1. (literal, figurative) to stack up, to pile up
    쌓다dor-eul ssatato stack up stones
    쌓다deog-eul ssatato cultivate one's virtue
    실력 쌓다sillyeog-eul ssatato undergo training (literally, “to pile up one's talent”)
    나무 토막 차곡차곡 쌓았다.
    Namu tomag-eul chagokchagok ssaatda.
    I piled up blocks of wood in order.
  2. to build by stacking up; to erect, to raise
    쌓다dam-eul ssatato build a wall; to erect a wall
    성곽 쌓다seonggwag-eul ssatato raise castle walls
  3. (especially dialectal, Gyeongsang, Chungcheong, Jeolla dialect, auxiliary, with 어/아) to keep..., to be ...ing; denotes repeated or continuous action.
    난리 지겨샇고 [] (Gyeongsang dialect, Changwon)nalli-reul jigyeo-sako [ ]They keep making a ruckus []
    좋아사서 죽는다 (Gyeongsang dialect, Changwon)joa-saseo jungneundaHe likes it enough to die

Conjugation

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