잣다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean ᄌᆞᆺ다 (Yale: cos-ta).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕa̠(ː)t̚t͈a̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jatda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jasda
McCune–Reischauer?chatta
Yale Romanization?cāsta
  • Homophone: 잦다 (jatda) (contemporary Seoul)

Verb

잣다 • (jatda) (irregular, infinitive 자아, sequential 자으니)

  1. (transitive) to spin (make yarn)

Conjugation

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