Korean

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Etymology

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See main entry.

Verb

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쨎다 (jjaetda) (infinitive 쨎어, sequential 쨎으니)

  1. (South Gyeongsang, Gyeongsang dialect speakers in Yanbian) Alternative form of 찢다 (jjitda, to rip, tear)
    • 2010 January 27, 손순남 [sonsunnam], “강피 훑던 부인이 죽어 매미가 된 이야기 [gangpi huldeon bu'ini jugeo maemiga doen iyagi]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎[1], 부산광역시 영도구 동삼동 [busan'gwang'yeoksi yeongdogu dongsamdong]:
      가래이 째저가지 죽었는데 매미 됐다 디꺼.
      Garaei-ga jjaejeogaji-go jugeon-neunde maemi-ga dwaetda anhapdikkeo.
      As it's groin had been torn it died but doesn't it then become a cicada?