씁쓸하다

Korean

Etymology

씁쓸 (sseupsseul) + 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives). Cognate with 쓰다 (sseuda, “bitter”), which in Middle Korean was ᄡᅳ〮다〮 (Yale: psú-tá).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [s͈ɯps͈ɯɾɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sseupsseulhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sseub'sseulhada
McCune–Reischauer?ssŭpssŭrhada
Yale Romanization?ssup.ssul.hata

Adjective

씁쓸하다 (sseupsseulhada) (infinitive 씁쓸해 or 씁쓸하여, sequential 씁쓸하니)

  1. to be bitter, bitterish

Conjugation

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