얻다

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 얻〯다〮 (Yale: ět.tá).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɘ(ː)t̚t͈a̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eotda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eodda
McCune–Reischauer?ŏtta
Yale Romanization?ēt.ta

Verb

얻다 • (eotda) (infinitive 얻어, sequential 얻으니)

  1. to get, to receive, to obtain, to have (an object)
    런던 새로 여는 회사에서 광고 부문 중역으로서 일자리 얻었다.
    Geu-neun reondeon-e saero mun-eul yeoneun han hoesa-eseo gwanggo bumun jung'yeogeuroseo-ui iljari-reul eodeotda.
    He got a new position as advertising executive for a new firm opening in London.
  2. to borrow
  3. to win (someone's heart), to receive (criticism, praise, reputation)
  4. to get sick
  5. to rent
  6. obtain the right or property
  7. to hire a worker
  8. take a son-in-law or daughter-in-law, to win possession of a mate, to have a baby
Conjugation

See also

  • 받다 (batda, “to receive”)

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eotda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eodda
McCune–Reischauer?ŏtta
Yale Romanization?et.ta

Adverb

얻다 • (eotda)

  1. An abbreviation of 어디에다 (eodieda).

Middle Korean

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽ɘ̌ttá⫽

Verb

얻〯다〮 (ěttá) (infinitive 어〯더〮, sequential 어〯드니〮)

  1. to obtain

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽ɘR!Ttá⫽

Verb

얻〯다〮 (ěttá) (infinitive 어러〮, sequential 어르〮니〮)

  1. to wed
    • 1459, Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보) 7:16b[1]:
      겨〯지비〮 거늘〮 다ᄅᆞᆫ 암〮ᄒᆞᆯ〮 어른〮대〮
      cèy kyěcìp-í cwùk-kènúl tàlòn ámh-ól èlú-ntáy
      When its wife dies, it weds a different female ...
  2. to copulate, mate
    • 1517, Beonyeok baktongsa (飜譯朴通事 / 번역박통사) :34b:
      뎌〮 나괴〮 러〮 ᄒᆞᆫ
      tyé nàkwóy el-é nàh-òn nwòm-ì
      The one to which donkey mated and gave birth