Korean edit

Etymology edit

(geol-, to hang) + (-ri-, passive suffix) + (-da, suffix conventionally given for citation forms).

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 걸이〮다〮 (Yale: kèlGí-tá).

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kʌ̹ʎʎida̠]
    • (file)
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geollida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geollida
McCune–Reischauer?kŏllida
Yale Romanization?kellita

Verb edit

Korean verb set
Base 걸다 (geolda)
Passive걸리다 (geollida)

걸리다 (geollida) (infinitive 걸려 or 걸리어, sequential 걸리니)

  1. to hang; to be hung
  2. to catch; to be caught
    감기 걸리다gamgi-e geollidato be sick/ill with a cold
  3. to become involved in something
  4. to take (time)
    시간 걸려요.Cha-ro han siganjjeum geollyeoyo.By car it takes about an hour.

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-05-27), “걸리다”, in 표준국어대사전[1]