안절부절못하다

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Korean

Alternative forms

Etymology

안절부절 (anjeolbujeol, “while being on tenterhooks”) + 못하다 (mothada, “to be unable to do something”).

The form reflects an adverbial use of the ideophone which then merged into a single verb, whereas the alternative form 안절부절하다 (anjeolbujeolhada) is formed via a verb-deriving suffix.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?anjeolbujeolmothada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?anjeolbujeolmoshada
McCune–Reischauer?anjŏlbujŏlmothada
Yale Romanization?an.cel.pucel.moshata

Verb

안절부절못하다 (anjeolbujeolmothada) (infinitive 안절부절못해 or 안절부절못하여, sequential 안절부절못하니)

  1. (intransitive) to be on tenterhooks, to be on pins and needles

Conjugation