Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Bak Tongsa eonhae (朴通事諺解 / 박통사언해), 1677, as Early Modern Korean 알맞다 (Yale: almacta).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?almatda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?almajda
McCune–Reischauer?almatta
Yale Romanization?al.macta

Adjective

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알맞다 (almatda) (infinitive 알맞아, sequential 알맞으니)

  1. to be just right; suited

Conjugation

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  • 맞다 (matda, “to match”)