Korean edit

Etymology edit

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 싀훤ᄒᆞ다 (Yale: suyhwen-hota). Equivalent to 시원 (siwon) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?siwonhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?siwonhada
McCune–Reischauer?siwŏnhada
Yale Romanization?siwen.hata

Adjective edit

시원하다 (siwonhada) (infinitive 시원해 or 시원하여, sequential 시원하니)

  1. to be cool
  2. to be refreshing

Conjugation edit