Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Yeogeo yuhaebo (譯語類解補 / 역어유해보), 1775, as Early Modern Korean 그을다, from Middle Korean *그ᅀᅳᆯ다〮 (Yale: kùzùl-tá), not attested directly but found in the derived form 그ᅀᅳ리다 (Yale: kuzuli-ta) and the place name 그ᅀᅳᆷ셤〯 (Yale: Kùzùm-syěm, “darkening island”).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geueulda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geueulda
McCune–Reischauer?kŭŭlda
Yale Romanization?kuulta

Verb

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Korean verb set
Base 그을다 (geueulda)
Causative그을리다 (geueullida)
Passive그을리다 (geueullida)

그을다 (geueulda) (infinitive 그을어, sequential 그으니)

  1. to become suntanned; to become darkened by sunshine
  2. to become sooty; to become darkened by smoke or ash

Conjugation

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