Korean edit

Etymology edit

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 곰〯퓌다〮 (Yale: kwǒm-phwùytá), from (kwom, mould) + 퓌다 (phwuyta, to bloom).

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈko̞(ː)mpʰida̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gompida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gompida
McCune–Reischauer?komp'ida
Yale Romanization?kōmphita

Verb edit

곰피다 (gompida) (infinitive 곰펴 or 곰피어, sequential 곰피니)

  1. (intransitive, of mould) to bloom

Conjugation edit