족다

Jeju

Etymology

Most likely cognate with Korean 작다 (jakda) and 적다 (jeokda), though the vowel change is unclear.

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽t͡ɕokta⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕok̚t͈a̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [족따]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jokda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jogda
Yale Romanization?	cwok.ta

Adjective

족다 (jokda)

1. (to be) small

   Antonym: 크다 (keuda)

   가: 이 헤영ᄒᆞᆫ 우와게, 막 좋다이!
   나: 겐디, ᄒᆞᄊᆞᆯ 족아 붸는디 ᄄᆞᆫ 걸로 바꽈보크라마씀?

   Ga: I heyeonghawn uwage, mak jota-i!
   Na: Gendi, hawssawl joga bweneundi ttawn geol-lo bakkwabokeura-masseum?

   A: This white dress shirt, it's really nice!
   B:That's true, but it looks a bit small on you; would you like to change it out for a different one?

2. (to be) few

   Antonym: 하다 (hada)

   넘은헨 비가 ᄒᆞᆫ 방울도 ᄂᆞ리지 아년 수확이 족읍데다.

   Neomeunhen bi-ga hawn bang'ul-do nawriji anyeon suhwag-i jogeupdeda.

   Last year, we didn't even get a drop of rain, so the harvest was few.

Derived terms

• 족은 (jogeun)

Related terms

• 족영 (jogyeong)

References

• 송상조 [songsangjo] (2023) “족다”, in 20세기 제주말 큰사전 [20segi jejumal keunsajeon], 한국문화사 [han'gungmunhwasa], →ISBN, page 698