비우다

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 뷔우〮다〮 (Yale: pwùyGwú-tá).

(bi-, to be empty) + (-u-, causative suffix) + (-da, suffix conventionally given for citation forms).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?biuda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?biuda
McCune–Reischauer?piuda
Yale Romanization?piwuta

Verb

Korean verb set
Base 비다 (bida)
Causative비우다 (biuda)

비우다 (biuda) (infinitive 비워, sequential 비우니)

  1. (transitive) to empty, drain; evacuate, vacate

Conjugation