Korean

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Etymology

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(juk-, to die) + (-i-, causative suffix) + (-da, suffix conventionally given for citation forms).

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 주기〮다〮 (Yale: cwùkí-tá).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jugida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jug'ida
McCune–Reischauer?chugida
Yale Romanization?cwuk.ita

Verb

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Korean verb set
Base 죽다 (jukda)
Causative죽이다 (jugida)

죽이다 (jugida) (infinitive 죽여 or 죽이어, sequential 죽이니) (transitive)

  1. to kill, to cause to die
    Synonyms: 살해(殺害)하다 (salhaehada), 없애다 (eopsaeda)
    Antonym: 살리다 (sallida, to save)
  2. to extinguish

Conjugation

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