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

  • (file)
  • IPA(key)[ˈuːt̚t͈a̠]
  • Phonetic Hangul[욷:따]
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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