얼다

Jeju

Etymology

Cognate with Korean 얼다 (eolda).

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽əlta⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [əɭda̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eolda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eolda
Yale Romanization?elta

Adjective

얼다 (eolda)

  1. to be cold

Verb

얼다 (eolda)

  1. to freeze

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 얼다 (Yale: el-ta).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɘ(ː)ɭda̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eolda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eolda
McCune–Reischauer?ŏlda
Yale Romanization?ēlta

Verb

Korean verb set
Base 얼다 (eolda)
Causative얼리다 (eollida)

얼다 • (eolda) (infinitive 얼어, sequential 어니)

  1. (intransitive) to freeze, be frozen
    Antonym: 녹다 (nokda, to melt)
    eon sonfrozen hands
    고기eon gogifrozen meat
    얼어 eoreo jug-eulfreezing to death
  2. to freeze up, tense up

Conjugation

Derived terms