Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄢᆞ〮다〮 (Yale: pskó-tá).

The complex consonant cluster reflects syncope from earlier *posoko-, a compound stem with the first element being a contraction of a cognate to ᄇᆞᅀᆞ〮다〮 (Yale: pòzó-tá, “to break”), modern 부수다 (busuda, to break). Compare 꺼지다 (kkeojida, to fall in), 깨다 (kkaeda, to break), (kkeul, chisel), etc., all incorporating the same element (Lee and Ramsey 2011, p. 131).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?kkada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?kkada
McCune–Reischauer?kkada
Yale Romanization?kkata

Verb

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까다 (kkada) (infinitive , sequential 까니) (transitive)

  1. to peel
  2. (of an animal) to hatch (eggs)
  3. (colloquial) to speak ill of somebody or something

Conjugation

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