Korean edit

Etymology edit

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean ᄌᆞᆺ다 (Yale: cos-ta).

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕa̠(ː)t̚t͈a̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jatda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jasda
McCune–Reischauer?chatta
Yale Romanization?cāsta

Verb edit

잣다 (jatda) (irregular, infinitive 자아, sequential 자으니)

  1. (transitive) to spin (make yarn)

Conjugation edit