고프다
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to be hungry
🍚 sounds like go-puh-da: go for food, the belly is empty
고프다 is almost always paired with 배 (belly): 배고프다 = belly + be empty-hungry. The stem 고프 comes from older 골프다, to be hollow or sunken, so the word literally says the stomach is hollow. Say 배고파 for I'm hungry.