Korean edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Korean 고티〮다〮 (kwòthítá), from Old Korean 直体 (*KWOthi-, straighten, arrange neatly); equivalent to 곧— (got-, “to be straight”) + —기— (-gi-, causative suffix) + —다 (-da).

In the Hangul script, first attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 고티〮다〮 (Yale: kwòthítá).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gochida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gochida
McCune–Reischauer?koch'ida
Yale Romanization?ko.chita

Verb edit

고치다 (gochida) (infinitive 고쳐 or 고치어, sequential 고치니)

  1. to fix, to correct
  2. to cure (a sickness)

Conjugation edit