뜨겁다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Hanjungnok (閑中錄 / 한중록), 1805, as Early Modern Korean ᄯᅳ겁다 (Yale: stukep-ta).[1]

From 뜨 (tteu) +‎ 겁 (-geop, intensifying adjective-deriving suffix), the first element being from an analysis of 뜨뜻하다 (tteutteuthada, “to be warm”) as a reduplication of the morpheme 뜨 (tteu). Compare 심심하다 (simsimhada, “to be not salty”) > 싱겁다 (singgeopda, “to be bland, to be insipid (of food)”) via the same process.[1]

Partly displaced 덥다 (deopda, “to be hot”), which is now largely reserved for the weather.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͈ɯɡʌ̹p̚t͈a̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [뜨겁따]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?tteugeopda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?tteugeobda
McCune–Reischauer?ttŭgŏpta
Yale Romanization?ttukepta

Adjective

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 뜨겁다 (tteugeopda)
Yang-form 따갑다 (ttagapda)

뜨겁다 • (tteugeopda) (infinitive 뜨거워, sequential 뜨거우니)

  1. to be hot (of the temperature of an object)
    Antonym: 차갑다 (chagapda)
  2. (figurative) to be passionate
    뜨거운 밤 ― tteugeoun bam ― night of passion
    뜨거운 박수 ― tteugeoun baksu ― warm round of applause

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. 이영경 (Yi Yeong-gyeong) (2012) “국어 온도 표현 어휘의 발달에 대하여 [gugeo ondo pyohyeon eohwiui baldare daehayeo, A Historical Study of Korean Temperature Words]”, in Han'guk Munhwa, volume 57, pages 249—275
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