걸우다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Yeogeo yuhae (譯語類解 / 역어유해), 1690, as Early Modern Korean 걸오다 (Yale: kelwo-ta).

걸- (geol-, to be fertile) + -우- (-u-, causative suffix) + -다 (-da, suffix conventionally given for citation forms).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?georuda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geol'uda
McCune–Reischauer?kŏruda
Yale Romanization?kel.wuta

Verb

Korean verb set
Base 걸다 (geolda)
Causative걸우다 (georuda)

걸우다 • (georuda) (infinitive 걸워, sequential 걸우니)

  1. (transitive) to fertilize, to manure

Conjugation