높다

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Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 높다〮 (Yale: nwòph-tá).

The twelfth-century Chinese wordlist Jilin leishi records the Late Old Korean word for "tall" as (nɑ puənH), which seems to be the realis gerund form of this word with the Old Korean (*-on) suffix.

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [no̞p̚t͈a̠]
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  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?nopda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?nopda
McCune–Reischauer?nopta
Yale Romanization?nophta

Adjective

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Korean verb set
Base 높다 (nopda)
Causative높이다 (nopida)

높다 (nopda) (infinitive 높아, sequential 높으니)

  1. (literal and figurative) to be high, to be tall, to be lofty (of an object, a place, a quantified statistic, etc.)
    Antonym: 낮다 (natda)
    높은 건물
    nopeun geonmul
    a tall building
    높은 수압
    nopeun suap
    high water pressure
    높은 목소리
    nopeun moksori
    a high voice
  2. to be high up, to be high in social rank (of a person)
    Antonym: 낮다 (natda)
    높으신 오신대.
    Nopeusin bun-i osindae.
    They're saying someone high up is coming.
  3. (only in speech of the royal court) to be tall in height (of a person)
    Synonym: 크다 (keuda, in all non-royal court usage)
    주상께서 높으시니
    jusang-kkeseo ki-ga nopeusini
    As His Majesty is tall in height...

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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See also

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Middle Korean

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nopʰ.ta/, [nòp̚.tá]

Adjective

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높다〮 (nwòphtá)

  1. to be high
    Antonyms: ᄂᆞᆺ갑다 (noskapta), ᄂᆞᆽ다〮 (nòctá)

Descendants

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  • Jeju: 노프다 (nopeuda)
  • Korean: 높다 (nopda)