Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Garye eonhae (家禮諺解 / 가례언해), 1632, as Early Modern Korean ᄃᆞᆫᄃᆞᆫᄒᆞ다 (Yale: tonton-hota). Equivalent to 단단 (dandan) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?dandanhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dandanhada
McCune–Reischauer?tandanhada
Yale Romanization?tantan.hata

Adjective

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단단하다 (dandanhada) (infinitive 단단해 or 단단하여, sequential 단단하니)

  1. to be hard, solid, firm (resistant to pressure)

Conjugation

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