멕이다

Jeju

Etymology

See the Korean entry for more.

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽mekita⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [meɡida̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?megida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?meg'ida
Yale Romanization?meyk.ita

Verb

멕이다 (megida)

  1. to feed something, to cause to eat

Korean

Etymology

/i/-umlauting form of 먹이다 (meogida), particularly characteristic of southern dialects. It has since become colloquially more common in Seoul Korean as well, though still non-standard.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?megida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?meg'ida
McCune–Reischauer?megida
Yale Romanization?meyk.ita

Verb

멕이다 • (megida) (infinitive 멕여 or 멕이어, sequential 멕이니)

  1. nonstandard form of 먹이다 (meogida, to feed)

Conjugation