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나가다

Pronunciation: [na̠ɡa̠da̠]

“나가다” is a Korean word. Its 9 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to go out; (contextually) to leave
  2. to be disseminated, to spread outwards
  3. to participate, to attend
  4. to perform a task (in such a way)
  5. to weigh
  6. to cost
  7. to become defective; (of clothes) to become worn out; (of body parts) to become injured
  8. to proceed; (of studying) to cover
  9. to purposefully continue (to a satisfactory conclusion)

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 나〮가다〮 (Yale: ná-kà-tá), equivalent to 나 (na, infinitive of 나다 (nada, “to move out”)) + 가다 (gada, “to go”).

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