돌이키다

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Korean

Etymology

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

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

Verb

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