고프다

Korean

Alternative forms

  • 골프다 (golpeuda) (Early Modern, obsolete)

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 골ᄑᆞ다〮 (Yale: kòlphò-tá), from (kolh-, to hunger) + ᄇᆞ (-po, adjective-deriving suffix).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gopeuda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gopeuda
McCune–Reischauer?kop'ŭda
Yale Romanization?ko.phuta

Adjective

고프다 • (gopeuda) (infinitive 고파, sequential 고프니)

  1. (of the stomach, intransitive) to be hungry, empty, starved
    Synonyms: 주리다 (jurida), 곯다 (golta)
    Antonym: 배부르다 (baebureuda)
    고프다
    bae-ga gopeuda
    to be hungry
  2. (figurative, intransitive) to thirst for, to desire (desired being is subject)
    사랑 고프다
    sarang-i gopeuda
    to thirst for love
    사람 고프다
    saram-i gopeuda
    to thirst for human contact

Conjugation

Derived terms

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