Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p͈a̠ɭda̠/
• Phonetic hangeul: 빨다

Verb

빨다 • ‎(ppalda) ‎(infinitive 빨아, sequential 빠니)

1. To sip, suck; to fellate

Conjugation

Synonyms

• 마시다 (masida)

Antonyms

• 불다 (bulda, “to blow”)
• 뿜다 (ppumda, “to fume, smoke, spout, blow”)

Derived terms

• 빨대 (ppaldae, “straw (used for sipping drinks)”)
• 빨리다 (ppallida, “(causative) to let suck; (passive) to be sucked”)
• 빨아내다 (pparanaeda, “to suck (literally, outward)”)
• 빨아들이다 (pparadeurida, “to suck (literally, inward)”)
• 빨아올리다 (pparaollida, “to suck (literally, upward)”)
• 빨아먹다 (pparameokda, “to suck (to eat, literally)”)

Related terms

• 볼 (bol, “cheek”) (probably cognate with 불다 (bulda))
• 뺨 (ppyam, “cheek”) (probably cognate with 빨다 (ppalda) (v. & adj.))

See also

• 입 (ip, “mouth, lips; (obsolete) entrance”)
• 죽 (juk), 쭉 (jjuk, “imitative adverb related to suck”)

Etymology 2

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as ᄲᆞᆯ다 (Yale: spolta).

Verb

빨다 • ‎(ppalda) ‎(infinitive 빨아, sequential 빠니)

1. To wash (clothes), launder

Conjugation

Synonyms

• 세탁하다 (setakhada)

Derived terms

• 빨래 (ppallae, “washing, laundry”)

Related terms

• 때 (ttae, “dirt”)
• 빼다 (ppaeda, “to pull, pluck, remove, extract, subtract”)
• 세탁 (洗濯, setak, “washing, laundry”)

See also

• 씻다 (ssitda, “To wash (anything else than clothes)”)

Etymology 3

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as ᄲᆞᆯ다 (Yale: spolta).

Adjective

빨다 • ‎(ppalda) ‎(infinitive 빨아, sequential 빠니)

1. (To be) pointed, tapered, hollow (as of cheeks)

Conjugation