베다

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Korean

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?beda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?beda
McCune–Reischauer?peda
Yale Romanization?pēyta

Etymology 1

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 버히〮다〮 (Yale: pèh-í-tá), originally a causative of the verb 벟다〮 (pèh-tá, to be cut, intransitive). The word has become monomorphemic, as the source verb is now obsolete.

Verb

Korean verb set
Base 베다 (beda)
Passive베이다 (beida)

베다 (beda) (infinitive or 베어, sequential 베니) (transitive)

  1. to cut, to chop
  2. to fell, to slice, to slash
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Etymology 2

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 볘〯다〮 (Yale: pyěy-tá).

Verb

Korean verb set
Base 베다 (beda)
Causative베우다 (be'uda)

베다 (beda) (infinitive or 베어, sequential 베니) (transitive)

  1. to pillow
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