부르다

Korean

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Etymology 1

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 브르다〮 (Yale: pùlù-tá).

Verb

부르다 • (bureuda) (infinitive 불러, sequential 부르니) (transitive)

1. to name, to call, to call out

   난 그녀의 이름을 몇 번이고 불렀다.

   Nan geunyeo-ui ireum-eul myeot beon-igo bulleotda.

   I called out her name multiple times.

2. to bid, to offer (a price)

   부르는 게 값이다. ― Bureuneun ge gaps-ida. ― Whatever is offered is the price.

3. to cry, to yell, to shout
4. to sing, to chant

   애국가를 부르다 ― aegukga-reul bureuda ― to sing the national anthem

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Etymology 2

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 브르다〮 (Yale: pùlù-tá).

Adjective

부르다 • (bureuda) (infinitive 불러, sequential 부르니)

1. (of the belly or stomach) to be full (from eating)

   Antonym: 고프다 (gopeuda)

2. (of a mother) to be pregnant
3. (of pottery, barrel, drum, etc.) to be bulging, to be swelling in the middle, to be pot-bellied

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