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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 무뤂 (Yale: mwùlwùph).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | mureup |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | muleup |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | murŭp |
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| Yale Romanization? | muluph |
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Noun
무릎 • (mureup)
- knee
- 무릎 꿇다 ― mureup kkulta ― to bend the knees; to kneel down; to surrender
- 무릎 맞대다 ― mureup matdaeda ― to make friends (literally, knee to knee)
- 무릎 치다 ― mureup chida ― to slap on the knee to show a great surprise
무릎까지 내려오는 스커트- mureup-kkaji naeryeooneun seukeoteu
- a skirt of knee length
최근에 그녀는 무릎을 다쳤다.- Choegeune geunyeo-neun mureup-eul dacheotda.
- She recently hurt her knees.
- lap
- 무릎에 앉다 ― mureup-e anda ― to sit on another's lap
- 무릎을 베다 ― mureup-eul beda ― to pillow the head on another's lap
Derived terms
- 무릎께 (mureupkke, “around the knees”)
- 무릎뼈 (mureupppyeo)
See also
- 膝 (seul), the hanja for "knee"
- 오금 (ogeum, “the hollow of the knee”)