길차다

Korean

Etymology

길- (gil-, to be long) + 차다 (chada, to be full).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈki(ː)ʎt͡ɕʰa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gilchada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gilchada
McCune–Reischauer?kilch'ada
Yale Romanization?kīlchata

Adjective

길차다 • (gilchada) (infinitive 길차, sequential 길차니)

  1. (dated) to be lush; to be long and thick (of plant growth)
    길차게 뻗은 나뭇가지
    gilchage ppeodeun namutgaji
    long-growing tree branch
    초목 길차게 우거졌다.
    Chomog-i gilchage ugeojeotda.
    The plants are profusely lush.
    • 1812, “Song 273”, in 청구영언 장서각본/靑丘永言藏書閣本 [Jangseogak edition of the Cheonggu yeong'eon]:
      길ᄎᆞ도다 ()() 운다 / ()()()() 외사립ᄧᅡᆨ 다ᄃᆞᄂᆞᆫ듸 / ()() ᄒᆡ올 업셔 지ᄂᆞᆫ ᄒᆡ 즛더라
      nae jib-i gilchadoda dugyeon-i naj-e unda / manhakchyeonbong-e oesaripjjak dadaneundui / gyegyeon-i haeol il eopsyeo jineun hae-e jeutdeora
      The [forest around] my house is thick; the cuckoo calls in the daytime. I have closed my lone gate of twigs to the myriad gorges and thousand peaks. The roosters and dogs, having nothing else to do, cry out to the setting sun.

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