인사하다

Korean

Etymology

인사(人事) (insa, greeting) + 하다 (-hada). Attested in this idiosyncratic Korean sense since 1459, as Middle Korean ᅀᅵᆫᄉᆞ〮ᄒᆞ다〮 (Yale: zìnsó-hòtá).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [insʰa̠ɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?insahada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?insahada
McCune–Reischauer?insahada
Yale Romanization?insahata

Verb

인사하다 • (insahada) (infinitive 인사해 or 인사하여, sequential 인사하니, hanja 人事하다)

  1. to greet
  2. to bow

Conjugation

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