쌓다

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ssata
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ssahda
McCune–Reischauer?ssat'a
Yale Romanization?ssahta

Verb

Korean verb set
Base 쌓다 (ssata)
Passive쌓이다 (ssaida)

쌓다 • (ssata) (infinitive 쌓아, sequential 쌓으니) (transitive)

  1. (literally, figurative) to stack up, to pile up
    돌을 쌓다 ― dor-eul ssata ― to stack up stones
    덕을 쌓다 ― deog-eul ssata ― to cultivate one's virtue
    실력을 쌓다 ― sillyeog-eul ssata ― to undergo training (literally, “to pile up one's talent”)
    나무 토막을 차곡차곡 쌓았다.
    Namu tomag-eul chagokchagok ssaatda.
    I piled up blocks of wood in order.
  2. to build by stacking up; to erect, to raise
    담을 쌓다 ― dam-eul ssata ― to build a wall; to erect a wall
    성곽을 쌓다 ― seonggwag-eul ssata ― to raise castle walls
  3. (especially dialectal, Gyeongsang, Chungcheong, Jeolla dialect, auxiliary, with 어/아) to keep..., to be ...ing; denotes repeated or continuous action.
    난리를 지겨샇고 […] (Gyeongsang dialect, Changwon) ― nalli-reul jigyeo-sako … ― They keep making a ruckus […]
    좋아사서 죽는다 (Gyeongsang dialect, Changwon) ― joa-saseo jungneunda ― He likes it enough to die

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