벼기다

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Middle Korean

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /pjəkita/

Verb

벼기다 (pyekita)

  1. to make a vow; to make a promise; to cry out in a vow
    • 14th century?, “鄭瓜亭 (Jeonggwajeong)”, in 樂學軌範 (Akhak Gwebeom):
      넉시라도님은ᄒᆞᆫᄃᆡ녀져라아으벼기더시니뉘러시니ᅌᅵᆺ가
      neks-ilatwo nim-un hontoy nyecyela au pyekitesin i nwuy-lesiningiska
      That even in spirit, I'd walk with my love! Oh, who was the one who had cried out that vow?

Usage notes

The word was replaced by the Sino-Korean terms 기약하다 (giyakhada), 약속하다 (yaksokhada), and 맹세하다 (maengsehada) in Early Modern Korean.