갚다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 갚다〮 (Yale: kàph-tá).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ka̠p̚t͈a̠]
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  • Phonetic hangul: [갑따]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gapda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gapda
McCune–Reischauer?kapta
Yale Romanization?kaphta

Verb

갚다 • (gapda) (infinitive 갚아, sequential 갚으니)

  1. to repay, to return (something loaned)
    빌린 곡식을 두 배로 갚아 주다
    billin goksig-eul du bae-ro gapa juda
    to repay twice as much grain as one had borrowed
    돈을 갚다 ― don-eul gapda ― to repay the money (financial debt))

Conjugation

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