See also: 꿇다

Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 긇다〮 (Yale: kùlh-tá).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?kkeulta
Revised Romanization (translit.)?kkeulhda
McCune–Reischauer?kkŭlt'a
Yale Romanization?kkulhta

Verb

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Korean verb set
Base 끓다 (kkeulta)
Causative끓이다 (kkeurida)

끓다 (kkeulta) (infinitive 끓어, sequential 끓으니)

  1. (intransitive) to boil
  2. (intransitive, figuratively, of emotions or feelings) to seethe; to smoulder

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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