삶다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄉᆞᆱ〯다〮 (Yale: sǒlm-tá).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰa̠(ː)mt͈a̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?samda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?salmda
McCune–Reischauer?samta
Yale Romanization?sālmta
  • Homophone: 삼다 (samda) (verb senses)

Verb

Korean verb set
Base 삶다 (samda)
Passive삶기다 (samgida)

삶다 • (samda) (infinitive 삶아, sequential 삶으니) (transitive)

  1. to boil; to cook (in boiling water)
    삶은 계란salmeun gyeranboiled egg
  2. to coax, to buy/win over (a person)
  3. to harrow (a field)

Conjugation

Derived terms

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