뿌리다

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄲᅳ리다 (Yale: spulita). Compare (bi, “rain”), 붓다 (butda, “to pour; to sow (seed)”), 바다 (bada, “sea”), Nanai бира (bira, river).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ppurida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ppulida
McCune–Reischauer?ppurida
Yale Romanization?ppulita

Verb

뿌리다 (ppurida) (infinitive 뿌려 or 뿌리어, sequential 뿌리니)

  1. to sprinkle, to rain in sprinkles
  2. to scatter, to spray, to spread, to sprinkle
  3. to strew, to sow (seeds)
  4. to squander, to lavish

Conjugation

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • 모으다 (mo'euda, “to gather”)
  • 뭉치다 (mungchida, “to gather together, to conglomerate, to unite”)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • 뿔뿔이 (ppulppuri, scatteringly, separately, dispersedly)

See also