높다
nop-da
A high shelf, a high fever, high odds: one Korean word
The picture It sits far up off the floor, so the hand stretches and still does not reach. nopda is risen up off the floor; natda is hugging the floor.
Where the picture shows up in 높다
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It sits above the hand
선반이 높아서 손이 안 닿아요.
seon-ba-ni no-pa-seo so-ni an da-a-yo
The shelf is up high, so I can't reach it.
Even on tiptoe the fingers only graze the underside of the shelf, never the item
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The scale climbs upward
아이 열이 많이 높아요.
a-i yeo-ri ma-ni no-pa-yo
The child's temperature has gone up a lot.
The red line on the thermometer has climbed to the upper marks and stopped there
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The note sits above the throat
이 노래는 음이 너무 높네요.
i no-rae-neun eu-mi neo-mu nom-ne-yo
This song goes up too far for me.
The voice is hauled upward and still cracks on the last note
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The bar fills to the top
오후에 비 올 가능성이 높아요.
o-hu-e bi ol ga-neung-seong-i no-pa-yo
There's a strong chance of rain this afternoon.
The bar on the weather screen filled blue right up to the top
For odds and probability Korean uses nopda, not keuda.
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The seat is raised a step
저분이 저보다 직급이 높으세요.
jeo-bu-ni jeo-bo-da jik-geu-bi no-peu-se-yo
She is senior to me.
In the meeting room one seat alone sits a step higher, everyone looking up at it
All of it in one picture
nopda is one mark risen off the floor. The shelf sits above the hand, so it is too high to reach; the red line climbs the thermometer, so the fever is high; the note sits above the throat, so the song is too high. The forecast bar fills to the top and the odds are high, and one seat raised a step above the rest is the higher rank.