çekim: geçmiş gab den Löffel ab · ortaç den Löffel abgegeben · şimdiki gibt den Löffel ab · ulaç den Löffel abgebend
eş: den Jordan überschreiten, das Zeitliche segnen, ins Gras beißen, abdanken, dahinscheiden
köken: Literally, “to hand in the spoon”. Probably referring to the spoon as a mediaeval symbol of one’s right to alimentation. It was usual in some regions to present spoons to farmhands at the beginning of their service, or to guests upon arrival.
to wear oneself out, to become exhausted · to die, to drop dead
çekim: geçmiş くたばった
köken: Cognate with くたくた (kutakuta). The くた (kuta) in くたばる is cognate with that in 降(くた)つ (kutatsu), as well as with 腐(くた)す (kutasu) and its intransitive counterpart くちる (kuchiru).
to die (to stop living) · to die away, to fade · to die, to stop working
çekim: geçmiş 죽었다
eş: 사망하다, 무디다
zıt: 살다, 태어나다
köken: First attested as Late Old Korean 朱幾 in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103. In the hangul script, first attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 죽다〮 (Yale: cwùktá). The suppletive honorific 돌아가시다 (doragasida) is first attested in the Memoirs of Lady Hyegyeong, 1805.
Literally, “pass the weapon to the left”. When right-handed soldiers needed to reload their rifle in the 17th century, they would hold it in their left hand to make it easier. However, long walks across battlefields were tedious and left reloading soldiers easy targets.