See also: -에다

Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Eonhae duchang jibyo (諺解痘瘡集要 / 언해두창집요), 1608, as Early Modern Korean 어히다 (Yale: ehi-ta), causative of Middle Korean 엏다〮 (Yale: èh-tá, “to be cut”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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에다 (eda) (infinitive or 에어, sequential 에니) (transitive)

  1. (literary, now chiefly figurative) to cut, to slice; (by extension) to greatly pain
    삭풍 에듯 매서웠다.
    Sakpung-eun sar-eul edeut maeseowotda.
    The north wind was bitterly cold, as if cutting into flesh.
    돌아가신 부모님 생각 마음 에었다.
    Doragasin bumonim saenggag-i ma'eum-eul eeotda.
    Thoughts of my deceased parents cut wounds into my heart.

Conjugation

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