Korean

Verb

닫다 • ‎(datda) ‎(infinitive 닫아, sequential 닫으니)

1. to close; to shut
2. (of business) to close; to close down, to shut down
3. to shut (one's mouth)

Conjugation

Etymology 2

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as ᄃᆞᆮ다 (Yale: tot ·ta).

Miller (1996) argued that this was from Altaic *tär₂- (compare Old Turkic täz-, Chuvash tar- ‎(tar-), Mongolian tergele-). Starostin (2003, pg. 1466) connected this to Altaic *t`otá-, whence also Tungus-Manchu *tut[a]- ("to run") (whence Evenki tutu- ("to crawl away")) and Japanese 漂 (ただよ)う ‎(tadayō, “to float”). The very concept of Proto-Altaic is, however, controversial.

Causative form: 달리다 (dallida, “to run”).

Verb

닫다 • ‎(datda) ‎(infinitive 달아, sequential 달으니)

1. to run, to rush

Conjugation

References

• Miller, Roy Andrew. Languages and History: Japanese, Korean, and Altaic. Oslo: Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture, 1996.