찌르다

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄣᅵ르다 (Yale: pstiluta).

In the same work, also attested in the form of 디ᄅᆞ다 (Yale: tilota). ᄣᅵ르다 is etymologically 디ᄅᆞ다 + the pre-verbal element (ps-), which is a contracted form of ᄇᆞᅀᆞ (Yale: pozo-, “to break, to smash”, whence modern 부수다 (busuda)).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jjireuda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jjileuda
McCune–Reischauer?tchirŭda
Yale Romanization?cciluta

Verb

찌르다 (jjireuda) (infinitive 찔러, sequential 찌르니)

Korean verb set
Base 찌르다 (jjireuda)
Passive찔리다 (jjillida)
  1. to prick; to stab
  2. (slang) to tell on; to tattletale

Conjugation

  • 찔레 (jjille, multiflora rose)

References

  1. ^ Lee, Ki-Moon, Ramsey, S. Robert (2011) A History of the Korean Language, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 131—132