잇다

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 닛다 (Yale: nis.ta).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈi(ː)t̚t͈a̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?itda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?isda
McCune–Reischauer?itta
Yale Romanization?īsta

Verb

잇다 (itda) (irregular, infinitive 이어, sequential 이으니)

  1. (transitive) to join, to piece together, to connect
  2. (transitive) to continue, to keep on
  3. (transitive) to succeed to, to carry on, to inherit
  4. (intransitive) to follow (after)

Conjugation