Korean edit

Etymology edit

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 시기〮다〮 (Yale: sìkí-tá).

The verb was originally the derived causative form of Old Korean 爲只 (*SIk-, to act) with the causative suffix (i), but has since become a single morpheme. Thus related to 싶다 (sipda, to want).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sikida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sikida
McCune–Reischauer?sik'ida
Yale Romanization?si.khita

Verb edit

시키다 (sikida) (infinitive 시켜 or 시키어, sequential 시키니) (transitive)

  1. to cause to do or happen
  2. to force someone to do something
  3. to order (e.g. food)
    카레라이스 시켰어요.Jeo-neun kareraiseu-reul sikyeosseoyo.I ordered curry and rice.

Conjugation edit