꼴치다

Korean

Alternative forms

• 꼴시다 (kkolsida)

Etymology

Probably an extended and mutated form of Middle Korean 고노다 (Yale: kwonwo-ta, “to judge right from wrong”). Compare Central Korean 꼬나보다 (kkonaboda, “to glare at disapprovingly”), 꼬라보다 (kkoraboda, “id.”), which compounds 보다 (boda, “to see”).

Verb

꼴치다 • (kkolchida) (infinitive 꼴쳐 or 꼴치어, sequential 꼴치니)

1. (Gyeongsang) to glare at; to stare with disapproval

   그 옷은 할배들이 꼴친다. (Changwon, Gyeongsang)

   Geu os-eun halbae-deur-i kkolchinda.

   Old men are going to look badly at those clothes.