Korean edit

Etymology edit

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄉᆞᆱ〯다〮 (Yale: sǒlm-tá).

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰa̠(ː)mt͈a̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?samda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?salmda
McCune–Reischauer?samta
Yale Romanization?sālmta

Verb edit

Korean verb set
Base 삶다 (samda)
Passive삶기다 (samgida)

삶다 (samda) (infinitive 삶아, sequential 삶으니) (transitive)

  1. to boil; to cook (in boiling water)
    삶은 계란salmeun gyeranboiled egg
  2. to coax, to buy/win over (a person)
  3. to harrow (a field)

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit