밥다

Korean

Etymology

See the main entry.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠p̚t͈a̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [밥따]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bapda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	babda
McCune–Reischauer?	papta
Yale Romanization?	papta

Verb

밥다 • (bapda) (infinitive 밥아, sequential 밥으니)

1. (Gangwon, Seoul, Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, possibly Southern Hamgyong) Alternative form of 밟다 (bapda, “to step”)
   • 2021 December 12, 한석윤 [hanseogyun], “홀로 흥남 떠난 소년 [hollo heungnam tteonan sonyeon]”, in 나의 살던 고향은 [naui saldeon gohyang'eun]‎^[1], 함경남도 함흥시 통남리 [hamgyeongnamdo hamheungsi tongnamni]:

     잣이나 호도나 먹으면서리 인자 오래 살라고, 마이 밥으라고 왔다 갔다 하며.

     Jas-ina hodo-na meogeu-myeonseori inja orae sallago, mai bab-eurago watda gatda ha-myeo.

     As we ate walnuts and pine nuts, to live long we'd go back and forwards to step [on it] a lot.

     • As he is a Korean war refugee, it is likely that his dialect is not completely reflective of his native Hamgyong dialect, though it likely still retains elements of it.