우기다

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Sohak eonhae (小學諺解 / 소학언해), 1586, as Middle Korean 우기다 (Yale: wukita).

Probably related to 억지 (eokji, “stubbornness”), where -ji appears to be a suffix. The Gyeongsang dialect form of 억지 is (uk).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ugida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ugida
McCune–Reischauer?ugida
Yale Romanization?wukita

Verb

우기다 (ugida) (infinitive 우겨 or 우기어, sequential 우기니)

  1. to stubbornly insist on, especially when there is no evidence or counterevidence
    항상 런던 프랑스 있다 우기니?
    neo-neun wae hangsang reondeon-i peurangseu-e itdago ugini?
    Why do you always insist on London being in France?
    자기 맞다고 우겼어.
    gyae-ga jagi mal-man matdago ugyeosseo.
    He insisted that only he was right.

Conjugation