짚다

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Korean

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Etymology 1

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First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 딮다 (Yale: tiphta).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jipda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jipda
McCune–Reischauer?chipta
Yale Romanization?ciphta

Verb

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짚다 (jipda) (infinitive 짚어, sequential 짚으니)

  1. To rely, rest (on a cane, stick, etc.)
    짚고 헤엄치기
    ttang jipgo heeomchigi
    as easy or safe as swimming (with the arms) resting on the ground
  2. To dip (a dipstick to stand on the bottom)
  3. To point (at something specific as (if) with a finger)
  4. To touch, feel (at some body part to examine the temperature, pulses, etc.)
  5. To guess, estimate (relying on, or starting from, some baseline)
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Palatalized form of 깊다 (gipda). See (gil) for more information regarding the palatalization of /ki-/ in certain Korean dialects.

Adjective

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짚다 (jipda) (infinitive 짚어, sequential 짚으니)

  1. (Gangwon, Seoul, Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, Hamgyong, Russia) Dialectal form of 깊다 (gipda, to be deep, profound).
    • 2015 May 3, 이종호 [ijongho], “6개월 된 송아지를 잡아먹은 메기 [6gaewol doen song'ajireul jabameogeun megi]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎[1], 강원도 양구군 방산면 [gang'wondo yanggugun bangsanmyeon]:
      근데 그거 (뿌리) 하나 (연못) 들어간다 그랬으니까 짚죠.
      Geunde geugeo (ppuri) hana-ga da (yeonmot) deureoganda-go geuraess-eunikka jipjo.
      But because the root had gotten into the pond, it went deeper.