Korean

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Etymology

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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

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

Verb

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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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