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 ᄆᆡᆽ다〮 (Yale: mòyc-tá). From Old Korean 結次 (*MOYc).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?maetda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?maejda
McCune–Reischauer?maetta
Yale Romanization?maycta

Verb

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Korean verb set
Base 맺다 (maetda)
Passive맺히다 (maechida)

맺다 (maetda) (infinitive 맺어, sequential 맺으니) (transitive)

  1. to complete or conclude
  2. to forge a connection
  3. to tie (a knot)
  4. (of crops) to bear (fruit)

Conjugation

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