걸리다

Korean

Etymology

걸 (geol-, “to hang”) + 리 (-ri-, passive suffix) + 다 (-da, suffix conventionally given for citation forms).

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 걸이〮다〮 (Yale: kèlGí-tá).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kʌ̹ʎʎida̠]
    • (file)
  • Phonetic hangul: [걸리다]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geollida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geollida
McCune–Reischauer?kŏllida
Yale Romanization?kellita

Verb

Korean verb set
Base 걸다 (geolda)
Passive걸리다 (geollida)

걸리다 • (geollida) (infinitive 걸려 or 걸리어, sequential 걸리니)

  1. to hang; to be hung
  2. to catch; to be caught
    감기에 걸리다 ― gamgi-e geollida ― to be sick/ill with a cold
  3. to become involved in something
  4. to take (time)
    차로 한 시간쯤 걸려요. ― Cha-ro han siganjjeum geollyeoyo. ― By car it takes about an hour.

Conjugation

References

  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-05-27), “걸리다”, in 표준국어대사전‎
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