멈칫거리다

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Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. From 멈칫 (meomchit, abruptly, suddenly) +‎ -거리다 (-georida, suffix deriving frequentative verbs from ideophonic terms).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?meomchitgeorida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?meomchisgeolida
McCune–Reischauer?mŏmch'itkŏrida
Yale Romanization?memchiskelita

Verb

멈칫거리다 (meomchitgeorida) (infinitive 멈칫거려 or 멈칫거리어, sequential 멈칫거리니)

  1. (intransitive, frequentative) to hesitate repeatedly, to baulk

Conjugation