살다
salda · TOPIK 1
to live
🏠 sal-da: a SALaried DAy job is how you make a living
The stem 살 (sal) sounds like the start of salary. You earn a salary to live, so sal + da (the dictionary verb ending) = to live. Related words share the stem: 삶 (salm) means life, and 사람 (saram) means person.