벼르다

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Gyechuk ilgi (癸丑日記 / 계축일기), c. 1600 , as Early Modern Korean 벼ᄅᆞ다 (Yale: pyelota). Cognate Jeju 베르다 (bereuda), conjugated as 벨란/벨랑 (bellan/bellang), may point to an earlier *ᄇᆢᄅᆞ다 (*pyolota).[1]

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?byeoreuda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?byeoleuda
McCune–Reischauer?pyŏrŭda
Yale Romanization?pyeluta

Verb

벼르다 (byeoreuda) (infinitive 별러, sequential 벼르니)

  1. (transitive) to look out for an opportunity (for), to wait in preparation (for)
    적군 기회 벼르고 있다.
    jeokgun-eun gihoe-reul byeoreugo itda.
    The enemy army is looking out for an opportunity.
    치욕 씻을 벼르고 있다.
    chiyog-eul ssiseul nal-man-eul byeoreugo itda.
    They wait in preparation only for the day when they will avenge their humiliation.

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Ko, Dong-ho (December, 1997) “제주 방언의 모음 조화 연구 [jeju bang'eonui mo'eum johwa yeon'gu, Vowel harmony in the Cheju dialect]”, in 언어학 [eoneohak, Eoneohag: Journal of the Linguistic Society of Korea]‎ (in Korean), 사단법인 한국언어학회 [sadanbeobin han'gugeoneohakhoe], 3. 형태소 경계: 3.2. 활용: 3.2.1 ´ㅏ´류 어미 [3. hyeongtaeso gyeonggye: 3.2. hwaryong: 3.2.1 ´a´ryu eomi]