나포하다

Korean

Etymology

나포(拿捕) (napo, capture; apprehension) +‎ -하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving active verbs).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈna̠(ː)pʰo̞ɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?napohada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?napohada
McCune–Reischauer?nap'ohada
Yale Romanization?nā.phohata

Verb

나포하다 • (napohada) (infinitive 나포해 or 나포하여, sequential 나포하니)

  1. to capture; to apprehend

Conjugation