Korean edit

Etymology edit

Of Native Korean origin.

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gakkeopda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ga'kkeobda
McCune–Reischauer?kakkŏpta
Yale Romanization?ka.kkepta

Adjective edit

가껍다 (gakkeopda) (irregular, infinitive 가꺼워, sequential 가꺼우니)

  1. (Gangwon, Chungcheong, Seoul) Dialectal form of 가깝다 (gakkapda, to be close; to be near)
    이 길루 가며는 좀 가껀데... (Gyeonggi, Incheon)
    I gillu gamyeoneun jom gakkeonde...
    If you go through this road it's a bit closer.
    Extract from the folk tale 'Tale of the Goblin', on Yeongjong island.