ᄀᆞ로디다

Early Modern Korean

Etymology

ᄀᆞ로 (kolwo, “horizontally”) +‎ 디다 (tita, “to fall”), from Middle Korean ᄀᆞᄅᆞ디다 (kolo tita). “To die an unnatural death” is a calque of Chinese 橫死／横死 (hèngsǐ, literally “to die horizontally”).

Pronunciation

• (c. 1750) IPA^(key): [kʌ.ɾo.di.da~kʌ.ɾo.d͡ʑi.da]

Verb

ᄀᆞ로디다 (kolwotita) (infinitive ᄀᆞ로디여, sequential ᄀᆞ로디니)

1. to die an unnatural death

   Antonym: 셰디다 (syeytita)

   • 1812, “Song 218”, in 청구영언 장서각본/靑丘永言藏書閣本 [Jangseogak edition of the Cheonggu yeong'eon]:

     ᄀᆞ로지나 셰지나 中(즁)에 죽은 後(후)ㅣ면 뉘 아더냐 / 나 죽은 무덤 우희 밧츨 가나 논을 ᄆᆡ나 […]

     Kolwocina syeycina CYWUNG-ey cwukun HWU-ymyen nwuy atenya / na cwukun mwutem wuh-uy pasch-ul kana nwon-ul moyna […]

     Whether I die before my time or of old age, who will remember me when I am gone? Over my grave, shall they will plow their fields, or weed their paddies of rice […]

Adjective

ᄀᆞ로디다 (kolwotita) (infinitive ᄀᆞ로디여, sequential ᄀᆞ로디니)

1. to be laid out horizontally

Descendants

• Korean: 가로지다 (garojida)