벼르다

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Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Gyechuk ilgi (癸丑日記 / 계축일기), c. 1600 , as Early Modern Korean 벼ᄅᆞ다 (Yale: pyelota). Cognate Jeju 베르다 (bereuda), conjugated as 벨란/벨랑 (bellan/bellang), may point to an earlier *ᄇᆢᄅᆞ다 (*pyolota).[1]

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?byeoreuda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?byeoleuda
McCune–Reischauer?pyŏrŭda
Yale Romanization?pyeluta

Verb

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벼르다 (byeoreuda) (infinitive 별러, sequential 벼르니)

  1. (transitive) to look out for an opportunity (for), to wait in preparation (for)
    적군 기회 벼르고 있다.
    jeokgun-eun gihoe-reul byeoreugo itda.
    The enemy army is looking out for an opportunity.
    치욕 씻을 벼르고 있다.
    chiyog-eul ssiseul nal-man-eul byeoreugo itda.
    They wait in preparation only for the day when they will avenge their humiliation.

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Ko, Dong-ho (December, 1997) “제주 방언의 모음 조화 연구 [jeju bang'eonui mo'eum johwa yeon'gu, Vowel harmony in the Cheju dialect]”, in 언어학 [eoneohak, Eoneohag: Journal of the Linguistic Society of Korea]‎[1] (in Korean), 사단법인 한국언어학회 [sadanbeobin han'gugeoneohakhoe], 3. 형태소 경계: 3.2. 활용: 3.2.1 ´ㅏ´류 어미 [3. hyeongtaeso gyeonggye: 3.2. hwaryong: 3.2.1 ´a´ryu eomi]