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돌이키다

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Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 도ᄅᆞᅘᅧ〮다〮 (Yale: twòlòhhyétá), from 도ᄅᆞ (twòlò–, to turn, to change) + ᅘᅧ〮다〮 (hhyétá, to pull; emphatic auxiliary). Doublet of 도리어 (dorieo, instead, rather).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?dorikida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dol'ikida
McCune–Reischauer?torik'ida
Yale Romanization?tol.i.khita

Verb

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돌이키다 (dorikida) (infinitive 돌이켜 or 돌이키어, sequential 돌이키니)

  1. to turn around
  2. to regain, to recover, to undo
    이미 저지른 일은 돌이킬 수 없다.
    imi jeojireun ireun dorikil su eopda.
    What is done cannot be undone.
  3. to look back upon, to reflect
  4. to reconsider, to change one's mind

Conjugation

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