Korean

edit

Etymology

edit

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 길〯다〮 (Yale: kǐl-tá), from Old Korean (*kil-), an element that apparently means “long” in certain first-millennium Korean place names.

Pronunciation

edit
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈki(ː)ɭda̠]
    • Audio:(file)
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gilda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gilda
McCune–Reischauer?kilda
Yale Romanization?kīlta

Adjective

edit

길다 (gilda) (infinitive 길어, sequential 기니)

  1. to be long
    Antonym: 짧다 (jjalda, to be short)

Conjugation

edit

Derived terms

edit

Verb

edit

길다 (gilda) (infinitive 길어, sequential 기니)

  1. (intransitive, of hair) to grow long

Conjugation

edit