지키다

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin cheon'gangjigok (月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡), 1449, as Middle Korean 딕ᄒᆞ다 (Yale: tikhota).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jikida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jikida
McCune–Reischauer?chik'ida
Yale Romanization?ci.khita

Verb

지키다 (jikida) (infinitive 지켜 or 지키어, sequential 지키니)

  1. to protect or defend
  2. to watch over
  3. to keep to or abide by
    침묵을 지키다chimmugeul jikidato preserve silence

Conjugation