Korean edit

Etymology edit

(gal-, to change)+ (-a, infinitive suffix) + 매다 (maeda, to tie).

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ka̠ɾa̠mɛda̠] ~ [ka̠ɾa̠me̞da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [/]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?garamaeda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gal'amaeda
McCune–Reischauer?karamaeda
Yale Romanization?kal.amayta

Verb edit

갈아매다 (garamaeda) (infinitive 갈아매 or 갈아매어, sequential 갈아매니)

  1. (transitive) to rewind, to retie, to restring with another
    헐렁헐렁해 붕대 으로 갈아맸다.
    Geu-neun heolleongheolleonghaejin bungdae-reul sae geos-euro garamaetda.
    He replaced his loose bandages with fresh ones.

Conjugation edit