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 다〯ᄒᆞ다〮 (Yale: tǎ-hòtá).

(da, all) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving active verbs).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈta̠(ː)ɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?dahada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dahada
McCune–Reischauer?tahada
Yale Romanization?tāhata

Verb

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다하다 (dahada) (infinitive 다해 or 다하여, sequential 다하니)

  1. (intransitive) to run out, to be used up, to be finished, to come to an end
  2. (transitive) to exert, to extend, to devote, to carry out

Conjugation

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