Korean edit

Etymology edit

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 븓들다 (Yale: puttulta).

(but-, to stick, adhere, cling) + 들다 (deulda, to hold, take).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?butdeulda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?butdeulda
McCune–Reischauer?puttŭlda
Yale Romanization?puthtulta

Verb edit

붙들다 (butdeulda) (infinitive 붙들어, sequential 붙드니)

  1. to take hold of, to grab, to grip, to grasp, to clutch, to clasp, to hang on
  2. to keep; to hold; to detain
  3. to cling to something

Conjugation edit