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부릅뜨다

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Korean

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Etymology

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From 부르— (bureu-, to be full, bulging) + 뜨— (tteu-, to open (eyes)).

tteuda was ptu- in Middle Korean, hence the intrusive -p in this compound. Non-word-medial pt was reduced to tense tt, as in Modern tteuda.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bureuptteuda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?buleubtteuda
McCune–Reischauer?purŭpttŭda
Yale Romanization?pulupttuta

Verb

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부릅뜨다 (bureuptteuda) (infinitive 부릅떠, sequential 부릅뜨니)

  1. (transitive) to goggle, to stare with eyes wide open

Conjugation

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