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쓰다듬다

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Korean

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Etymology

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(sseul-, to brush) + 다듬다 (dadeumda, to smooth).

First attested in the 어제내훈/御製內訓, 1737, as Early Modern Korean ᄡᅳ다ᄃᆞᆷ다 (Yale: psutatomta).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sseudadeumda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sseudadeumda
McCune–Reischauer?ssŭdadŭmta
Yale Romanization?ssutatumqta

Verb

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쓰다듬다 (sseudadeumda) (infinitive 쓰다듬어, sequential 쓰다듬으니) (transitive)

  1. to stroke; to pat
    Synonym: 어루만지다 (eorumanjida)
    뻗어 그녀 살풋 쓰다듬었다.
    Na-neun son-eul ppeodeo geunyeo-ui bor-eul salput sseudadeumeotda.
    I stretched out my hand and gingerly stroked her cheek.
  2. (figurative) to soothe
    어머니 아이 마음 쓰다듬었다.
    Eomeoni-neun ai-ui ma'eum-eul sseudadeumeotda.
    The mother soothed her child.

Conjugation

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