Korean edit

Etymology edit

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 일ᄏᆞᆮ다 (Yale: ilkhot.ta). From the now-obsolete verbs *잃— (*ilh-, to call) + ᄀᆞᆮ— (kot-, “to say”) + —다 (-da, ending). Related to 이름 (ireum).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ilkeotda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ilkeodda
McCune–Reischauer?ilk'ŏtta
Yale Romanization?il.khet.ta

Verb edit

일컫다 (ilkeotda) (irregular, infinitive 일컬어, sequential 일컬으니)

  1. (transitive) to call (person or thing) (as); to give a name to; to name (as); to refer to (as); to designate (as)
    남에게 자기 딸을 일컫는 말.
    namege jagi ttareul ilkeonneun mal.
    Word referring to one's own daughter when speaking to others.
  2. (transitive) to praise (one's virtue); to laud; to extol

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