자다
jada · TOPIK 1
to sleep
🛏️ ja-da sounds like pajamas: put on your ja-mas, then jada (sleep)
The stem 자 (ja) echoes the middle of pa-JA-mas, the clothes worn for sleeping. Add the dictionary ending 다 (da) and you get 자다, to sleep. A related word is 잠 (jam), the noun for sleep, built from the same stem.