Korean

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Etymology

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From 갇— (gat-, “to move towards a center”) (related to Seoul 거두다 (geoduda, “to gather”)) + 붙다 (butda, “to attach”).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gadabutda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gadabutda
McCune–Reischauer?kadabutta
Yale Romanization?kataputhta

Verb

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가다붙다 (gadabutda) (infinitive 가다붙어, sequential 가다붙으니)

  1. (originally Hamgyong, now North Korea) (of two distant objects) to approach each other

Conjugation

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References

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  • 박경래, 곽충구, 이기갑, 강영봉 [bakgyeongnae, gwakchunggu, igigap, gang'yeongbong] (2012) “새로 발굴한 방언(10) [saero balgulhan bang'eon(10), Newly discovered dialectal forms (10)]”, in Bang'eonhak, volume 16, pages 441—489