땔싹

Korean

Etymology

Unknown, compare Jeolla dialectal 때락 (ttaerak)

Adverb

땔싹 • (ttaelssak)

1. (Jeolla dialect) very, extremely

   Synonym: 매우 (mae'u)

   • 1984 November 3, 김권태 [gimgwontae], “해남 연동 윤씨 [haenam yeondong yunssi]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎^[1], 전라남도 해남군 화산면 [jeollanamdo haenamgun hwasanmyeon]:

     우게 마지막 올라가는 길갓에 간께 어뜬 땔싹 큰 사람이 지게를 짊어지고 잠을 자 쌓거든.

     U-ge majimak ollaganeun gilgas-e gan-kke eotteun ttaelssak keun saram-i jige-reul jilmeoji-go jam-eul ja ssa-keodeun.

     So she went up the final stretch of the roadside and there was a very tall man carrying a frame and sleeping.