웃다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 웃다 (Yale: wusta).

Also attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 우ᇫ다 (Yale: wuzta).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key)[ˈuːt̚t͈a̠]
  • Phonetic Hangul[:]
Revised Romanization? utda
Revised Romanization (translit.)? usda
McCune–Reischauer? utta
Yale Romanization? wūsqta

Verb

웃다 (utda) (infinitive 웃어, sequential 웃으니)

  1. to grin or laugh
  2. to laugh off, deride, dismiss (often in form "...로 웃어버리다")

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • (causative) 웃기다 (utgida, “to make someone laugh”)
  • (adjective) 우습다 (useupda, “to be funny”)
  • (noun) 웃음 (useum, “laugh, smile”)
  • 우스개 (useugae, “jocularity, joke”)
  • 비웃다 (biutda, “to sneer at”)
  • 웃는 낯에 침 뱉으랴 (unneun nache chim baeteurya, “a soft answer turneth away wrath”)
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