먹다

Jeju

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽məkta⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [mək̚t͈a̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [먹따]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	meokda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	meogda
Yale Romanization?	mek.ta

Etymology 1

Verb

Jeju verb set

Base	먹다 (meokda)
Causative	멕이다 (megida)
Passive	멕히다 (mekhida)

먹다 (meokda)

1. to eat, drink, consume

   밥을 먹다 ― bab-eul meokda ― to eat food

Etymology 2

Verb

먹다 (meokda)

1. to join

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin cheon'gangjigok (月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡), 1449, as Middle Korean 먹다〮 (Yale: mèk-tá).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mʌ̹k̚t͈a̠]

  • (file)

• Phonetic hangul: [먹따]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	meokda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	meogda
McCune–Reischauer?	mŏkta
Yale Romanization?	mekta

Verb

Korean verb set

Base	먹다 (meokda)
Causative	먹이다 (meogida)
Passive	먹히다 (meokhida)

먹다 • (meokda) (infinitive 먹어, sequential 먹으니)

1. to eat, drink, have, consume (food or liquid)

   밥을 먹다 ― bab-eul meokda ― to eat food

   아침은 먹었니?

   Achim-eun meogeonni?

   Have you had your breakfast?

   술을 먹다 ― sur-eul meokda ― to drink wine

   그 여자는 그 음식을 좀 먹었다. 그런데 모두 먹기에는 그렇게 배고프지 않았다. 그래서 나중에 다 먹으려고 냉장고에 그것을 넣어 두었다.

   Geu yeoja-neun geu eumsig-eul jom meogeotda. Geureonde modu meokgi-eneun geureoke baegopeuji anatda. Geuraeseo najung-e da meogeuryeogo naengjanggo-e geugeos-eul neo'eo dueotda.

   She ate some of the food, but was not hungry enough to eat it all, so she put the rest in the refrigerator to finish later.

2. to pocket, embezzle, seize upon
3. to receive, get
4. to make up (one's mind), be determined
5. to grow older

   보기보다는 나이를 먹지 않다 ― bogiboda-neun nai-reul meokji anta ― to be not so old as one looks

   나이 먹은 사람 ― nai meogeun saram ― a man of years

6. (figuratively, slang, vulgar) to screw, fuck

   어젯밤 여자친구를 먹었다.

   Eojetbam yeojachin'gu-reul meogeotda.

   I fucked my girlfriend last night

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the verb 먹다 (meokda): consonant-stem, regular

Sentence-final forms
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	먹는다 meongneunda	먹어 meogeo	먹어요 meogeoyo	먹습니다 meokseumnida
	Past	먹었다 meogeotda	먹었어 meogeosseo	먹었어요 meogeosseoyo	먹었습니다 meogeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	먹느냐 meongneunya	먹어 meogeo	먹어요 meogeoyo	먹습니까 meokseumnikka
	Past	먹었느냐 meogeonneunya	먹었어 meogeosseo	먹었어요 meogeosseoyo	먹었습니까 meogeotseumnikka
Hortative		먹자 meokja	먹어 meogeo	먹어요 meogeoyo	먹으십시다 meogeusipsida
Imperative		먹어라 meogeora	먹어 meogeo	먹어요 meogeoyo	먹읍시오 meogeupsio
Assertive		먹겠다 meokgetda	먹겠어 meokgesseo	먹겠어요 meokgesseoyo	먹겠습니다 meokgetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason		먹어 meogeo	먹어서 meogeoseo	먹으니 meogeuni	먹으니까 meogeunikka
Contrast		먹지만 meokjiman	먹는데 meongneunde	먹더니 meokdeoni
Conjunction		먹고 meokgo
Condition		먹으면 meogeumyeon	먹어야 meogeoya
Motive		먹으려고 meogeuryeogo
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		먹음 meogeum	먹기 meokgi
Past-tense verbal nouns		먹었음 meogeosseum	먹었기 meogeotgi
Determiners	Past	먹은 meogeun
	Present	먹는 meongneun
	Future	먹을 meogeul

Honorific: 드시다 (deusida), 잡수시다 (japsusida)

Derived terms

(idioms):

• 까마귀 고기를 먹었나 (kkamagwi gogireul meogeonna)

(compounds):

• 먹거리 (meokgeori, “food”)
• 먹이 (meogi, “feed”)
• 먹새 (meoksae, “way of eating, appetite”)
• 먹성(性) (meokseong, “appetite”)
• 먹보 (meokbo, “glutton”)
• 먹사 (meoksa, “corrupt pastor”)

Related terms

• 머금다 (meogeumda, “to hold/keep something in one's mouth”)
• 마시다 (masida, “to drink”)