부수다

Korean

Alternative forms

• 뿌시다 (ppusida)
• 부시다 (busida)

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄇᆞᅀᆞ다 (Yale: pozota). An irregular reflex of /z/ as /s/ rather than deletion (or a borrowing from southeastern dialects that did not undergo the initial lenition of /s/ to /z/), probably motivated by onomatopoeia; see the related ideophones.

부수다 (busuda, “to crush”) and 바수다 (basuda, “to grind”) are a number of yin-yang vowel pairs that were originally the same word in Middle Korean.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pusʰuda̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [부수다]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	busuda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	busuda
McCune–Reischauer?	pusuda
Yale Romanization?	puswuta

Verb

부수다 • (busuda) (infinitive 부수어 or 부숴, sequential 부수니)

1. to break
2. to smash

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the verb 부수다 (busuda): vowel-stem, regular

Sentence-final forms
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	부순다 busunda	부수어 busueo	부수어요, 부숴요 busueoyo, buswoyo	부숩니다 busumnida
	Past	부수었다 busueotda	부수었어 busueosseo	부수었어요 busueosseoyo	부수었습니다 busueotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	부수느냐 busuneunya	부수어 busueo	부수어요, 부숴요 busueoyo, buswoyo	부숩니까 busumnikka
	Past	부수었느냐 busueonneunya	부수었어 busueosseo	부수었어요 busueosseoyo	부수었습니까 busueotseumnikka
Hortative		부수자 busuja	부수어 busueo	부수어요, 부숴요 busueoyo, buswoyo	부수십시다 bususipsida
Imperative		부수어라, 부숴라 busueora, buswora	부수어 busueo	부수어요, 부숴요 busueoyo, buswoyo	부숩시오 busupsio
Assertive		부수겠다 busugetda	부수겠어 busugesseo	부수겠어요 busugesseoyo	부수겠습니다 busugetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason		부수어 busueo	부수어서, 부숴서 busueoseo, buswoseo	부수니 busuni	부수니까 busunikka
Contrast		부수지만 busujiman	부수는데 busuneunde	부수더니 busudeoni
Conjunction		부수고 busugo
Condition		부수면 busumyeon	부수어야, 부숴야 busueoya, buswoya
Motive		부수려고 busuryeogo
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		부숨 busum	부수기 busugi
Past-tense verbal nouns		부수었음, 부쉈음 busueosseum, buswosseum	부수었기, 부쉈기 busueotgi, buswotgi
Determiners	Past	부순 busun
	Present	부수는 busuneun
	Future	부술 busul

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	부수신다 bususinda	부수셔 bususyeo	부수세요, 부수셔요 bususeyo, bususyeoyo	부수십니다 bususimnida
	Past	부수셨다 bususyeotda	부수셨어 bususyeosseo	부수셨어요 bususyeosseoyo	부수셨습니다 bususyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	부수시느냐 bususineunya	부수셔 bususyeo	부수세요, 부수셔요 bususeyo, bususyeoyo	부수십니까 bususimnikka
	Past	부수셨느냐 bususyeonneunya	부수셨어 bususyeosseo	부수셨어요 bususyeosseoyo	부수셨습니까 bususyeotseumnikka
Imperative		부수시라 bususira	부수셔 bususyeo	부수세요 bususeyo	부수십시오 bususipsio
Assertive		부수시겠다 bususigetda	부수시겠어 bususigesseo	부수시겠어요 bususigesseoyo	부수시겠습니다 bususigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason		부수셔 bususyeo	부수셔서 bususyeoseo	부수시니 bususini	부수시니까 bususinikka
Contrast		부수시지만 bususijiman	부수시는데 bususineunde	부수시더니 bususideoni
Conjunction		부수시고 bususigo
Condition		부수시면 bususimyeon	부수셔야 bususyeoya
Motive		부수시려고 bususiryeogo
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		부수심 bususim	부수시기 bususigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		부수셨음 bususyeosseum	부수셨기 bususyeotgi
Determiners	Past	부수신 bususin
	Present	부수시는 bususineun
	Future	부수실 bususil

Related terms

• 깨다 (kkaeda, “to break”) (possibly derived form in pre-Middle Korean)

Sound-symbolic terms related to 바수다/부수다 (basuda/busuda, "to break; to crush")
Yang-vowel form				Yin-vowel form
바수다 (basuda) (verb)				부수다 (busuda) (verb)
바스라기 (baseuragi) (noun)				부스러기 (buseureogi) (noun)
바삭 (basak) 바삭바삭 (basakbasak)	바싹 (bassak) 바싹바싹 (bassakbassak)	빠삭 (ppasak) 빠삭빠삭 (ppasakppasak)	파삭 (pasak) 파삭파삭 (pasakpasak)	버석 (beoseok) 버석버석 (beoseokbeoseok)	버썩 (beosseok) 버썩버썩 (beosseokbeosseok)	뻐석 (ppeoseok) 뻐석뻐석 (ppeoseokppeoseok)	퍼석 (peoseok) 퍼석퍼석 (peoseokpeoseok)
보삭 (bosak) 보삭보삭 (bosakbosak)	보싹 (bossak) 보싹보싹 (bossakbossak)	뽀삭 (pposak) 뽀삭뽀삭 (pposakpposak)	포삭 (posak) 포삭포삭 (posakposak)	부석 (buseok) 부석부석 (buseokbuseok)	부썩 (busseok) 부썩부썩 (busseokbusseok)	뿌석 (ppuseok) 뿌석뿌석 (ppuseokppuseok)	푸석 (puseok) 푸석푸석 (puseokpuseok)
와삭 (wasak) 와삭와삭 (wasagwasak)		와싹 (wassak) 와싹와싹 (wassagwassak)		워석 (woseok) 워석워석 (woseogwoseok)		워썩 (wosseok) 워썩워썩 (wosseogwosseok)
아삭 (asak) 아삭아삭 (asagasak)		아싹 (assak) 아싹아싹 (assagassak)		어석 (eoseok) 어석어석 (eoseogeoseok)		어썩 (eosseok) 어썩어썩 (eosseogeosseok)
바슬바슬 (baseulbaseul)	바스락 (baseurak) 바스락바스락 (baseurakbaseurak)	빠스락 (ppaseurak) 빠스락빠스락 (ppaseurakppaseurak)	파슬파슬 (paseulpaseul)	버슬버슬 (beoseulbeoseul)	버스럭 (beoseureok) 버스럭버스럭 (beoseureokbeoseureok)	뻐스럭 (ppeoseureok) 뻐스럭뻐스럭 (ppeoseureokppeoseureok)	퍼슬퍼슬 (peoseulpeoseul)
보슬보슬 (boseulboseul)	보스락 (boseurak) 보스락보스락 (boseurakboseurak)	뽀스락 (pposeurak) 뽀스락뽀스락 (pposeurakpposeurak)	포슬포슬 (poseulposeul)	부슬부슬 (buseulbuseul)	부스럭 (buseureok) 부스럭부스럭 (buseureokbuseureok)	뿌스럭 (ppuseureok) 뿌스럭뿌스럭 (ppuseureokppuseureok)	푸슬푸슬 (puseulpuseul)