지우다

jiuda · TOPIK 1

to erase, to delete

🧽 sounds like gee, you da eraser: ji-u-da wipes it out

Say it as three beats: ji-u-da, close to gee-you-da. The stem is 지우- and -다 is the dictionary ending. The related noun 지우개 (jiugae) means eraser: same stem plus -개, a suffix for tools.

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