ᄌᆞᆷ자다

Jeju

Etymology

Univerbation of ᄌᆞᆷ (jawm) +‎ 자다 (jada), literally “To sleep a sleep”. Compare Korean 잠자다 (jamjada).

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽t͡ɕɒmt͡ɕata⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɒmd͡ʑa̠da̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [ᄌᆞᆷ자다]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jawmjada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jawmjada
Yale Romanization?	comcata

Verb

ᄌᆞᆷ자다 (jawmjada)

Jeju verb set

Base	ᄌᆞᆷ자다 (jawmjada)
Causative	ᄌᆞᆷ재우다 (jawmjae'uda)

1. (intransitive) to sleep

   Synonym: 자다 (jada)

   ᄒᆞ를헤원 쉬지 아니ᄒᆞ곡 일만 ᄒᆞ단 집이 들어오라근에 말 읏이 기냥 방이 간 밤ᄉᆞ이 죽은 듯기 ᄌᆞᆷ잡데다게.

   Hawreulhewon swiji anihawgok il-man hawdan jib-i deureoorageune mal eusi ginyang bang-i gan bamsawi jugeun deutgi jawmjapdedage.

   After working all day with no rest, she came home, just went to her room without saying a word, and slept all night like a baby.

2. (intransitive) for a few days to pass after an event
   1. (by extension) for a stack of objects to stabilize
   2. (by extension) for a swollen object to settle

References

• 송상조 (2023) “ᄌᆞᆷ자다”, in 20세기 제주말 큰사전, 한국문화사, →ISBN, page 661

• 제주문화예술재단 (2009) “ᄌᆞᆷ자다”, in 개정증보 제주어사전‎^[1], 제주특별자치도, →ISBN, page 798