Korean edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈmɛ(ː)da̠ʎʎida̠] ~ [ˈme̞(ː)da̠ʎʎida̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?maedallida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?maedallida
McCune–Reischauer?maedallida
Yale Romanization?māytallita

Verb edit

Korean verb set
Base 매달다 (maedalda)
Passive매달리다 (maedallida)

매달리다 (maedallida) (infinitive 매달려 or 매달리어, sequential 매달리니) (intransitive)

  1. to be hung from; to dangle
  2. to cleave to; to hang on to
  3. to depend on

Conjugation edit