댕기다

Korean

Alternative forms

• ᄃᆡᆼ기다 (daenggida) (Early Modern)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tɛŋɡida̠] ~ [te̞ŋɡida̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [댕기다/뎅기다]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	daenggida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	daenggida
McCune–Reischauer?	taenggida
Yale Romanization?	tayngkita

Etymology 1

/i/-umlauted form of 당기다 (danggida, “to pull”), originally a dialectal borrowing into Standard Korean.

Verb

댕기다 • (daenggida) (infinitive 댕겨 or 댕기어, sequential 댕기니)

1. Alternative form of 땡기다 (ttaenggida, colloquial form of 당기다 (danggida, “to pull, to draw”)).
2. (of fire) to light; to kindle

   Synonym: 붙이다 (buchida)

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the verb 댕기다 (daenggida): vowel-stem, regular

Sentence-final forms
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	댕긴다 daengginda	댕겨 daenggyeo	댕겨요, 댕기어요 daenggyeoyo, daenggieoyo	댕깁니다 daenggimnida
	Past	댕겼다 daenggyeotda	댕겼어 daenggyeosseo	댕겼어요 daenggyeosseoyo	댕겼습니다 daenggyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	댕기느냐 daenggineunya	댕겨 daenggyeo	댕겨요, 댕기어요 daenggyeoyo, daenggieoyo	댕깁니까 daenggimnikka
	Past	댕겼느냐 daenggyeonneunya	댕겼어 daenggyeosseo	댕겼어요 daenggyeosseoyo	댕겼습니까 daenggyeotseumnikka
Hortative		댕기자 daenggija	댕겨 daenggyeo	댕겨요, 댕기어요 daenggyeoyo, daenggieoyo	댕기십시다 daenggisipsida
Imperative		댕겨라, 댕기어라 daenggyeora, daenggieora	댕겨 daenggyeo	댕겨요, 댕기어요 daenggyeoyo, daenggieoyo	댕깁시오 daenggipsio
Assertive		댕기겠다 daenggigetda	댕기겠어 daenggigesseo	댕기겠어요 daenggigesseoyo	댕기겠습니다 daenggigetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason		댕겨 daenggyeo	댕겨서, 댕기어서 daenggyeoseo, daenggieoseo	댕기니 daenggini	댕기니까 daengginikka
Contrast		댕기지만 daenggijiman	댕기는데 daenggineunde	댕기더니 daenggideoni
Conjunction		댕기고 daenggigo
Condition		댕기면 daenggimyeon	댕겨야, 댕기어야 daenggyeoya, daenggieoya
Motive		댕기려고 daenggiryeogo
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		댕김 daenggim	댕기기 daenggigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		댕겼음, 댕기었음 daenggyeosseum, daenggieosseum	댕겼기, 댕기었기 daenggyeotgi, daenggieotgi
Determiners	Past	댕긴 daenggin
	Present	댕기는 daenggineun
	Future	댕길 daenggil

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	댕기신다 daenggisinda	댕기셔 daenggisyeo	댕기세요, 댕기셔요 daenggiseyo, daenggisyeoyo	댕기십니다 daenggisimnida
	Past	댕기셨다 daenggisyeotda	댕기셨어 daenggisyeosseo	댕기셨어요 daenggisyeosseoyo	댕기셨습니다 daenggisyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	댕기시느냐 daenggisineunya	댕기셔 daenggisyeo	댕기세요, 댕기셔요 daenggiseyo, daenggisyeoyo	댕기십니까 daenggisimnikka
	Past	댕기셨느냐 daenggisyeonneunya	댕기셨어 daenggisyeosseo	댕기셨어요 daenggisyeosseoyo	댕기셨습니까 daenggisyeotseumnikka
Imperative		댕기시라 daenggisira	댕기셔 daenggisyeo	댕기세요 daenggiseyo	댕기십시오 daenggisipsio
Assertive		댕기시겠다 daenggisigetda	댕기시겠어 daenggisigesseo	댕기시겠어요 daenggisigesseoyo	댕기시겠습니다 daenggisigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason		댕기셔 daenggisyeo	댕기셔서 daenggisyeoseo	댕기시니 daenggisini	댕기시니까 daenggisinikka
Contrast		댕기시지만 daenggisijiman	댕기시는데 daenggisineunde	댕기시더니 daenggisideoni
Conjunction		댕기시고 daenggisigo
Condition		댕기시면 daenggisimyeon	댕기셔야 daenggisyeoya
Motive		댕기시려고 daenggisiryeogo
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		댕기심 daenggisim	댕기시기 daenggisigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		댕기셨음 daenggisyeosseum	댕기셨기 daenggisyeotgi
Determiners	Past	댕기신 daenggisin
	Present	댕기시는 daenggisineun
	Future	댕기실 daenggisil

Etymology 2

Continuously attested since at least the early seventeenth century; perhaps first attested in the Korean-language poem inscribed on the 추철회시문다완 / 萩鐵繪詩文茶碗, a ceramic cup made by a Korean prisoner-of-war in Japan around 1600, as Early Modern Korean ᄃᆡᆼ기다 (Yale: toyngki-ta).

Verb

댕기다 • (daenggida) (infinitive 댕겨 or 댕기어, sequential 댕기니) (dialectal, Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, Seoul, Hamgyong, Gangwon, Yanbian, Russia)

1. to go back and forth

   와 그리 댕기노? 정신 쌍그럽구로. (Gyeongsang dialect, Changwon)

   Wa geuri daenggino? Jeongsin ssanggeureopguro.

   Why are you going back and forth like that? It's disorienting.

2. to go for a certain purpose

   Synonym: (Standard Korean) 다니다 (danida)

3. to attend; to commute

   Synonym: (Standard Korean) 다니다 (danida)

   핵교는 멫일부터 댕기냐?. (Gyeonggi dialect, Gimpo)

   Haekgyo-neun mechil-buteo daenggi-nya?.

   From what day do you attend school?.

Usage notes

• In dialects where this verb is used, it usually replaces Standard 다니다 (danida).