벼기다

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pjəkita/

Verb

벼기다 (pyekita)

1. to make a vow; to make a promise; to cry out in a vow
   • 14th century?, “鄭瓜亭 (Jeonggwajeong)”, in 樂學軌範 (Akhak Gwebeom):

     넉시라도님은ᄒᆞᆫᄃᆡ녀져라아으벼기더시니뉘러시니ᅌᅵᆺ가

     neks-ilatwo nim-un hontoy nyecyela au pyekitesin i nwuy-lesiningiska

     That even in spirit, I'd walk with [you,] my love! Oh, who was the one who had cried out that vow?

Usage notes

The word was replaced by the Sino-Korean terms 기약하다 (giyakhada), 약속하다 (yaksokhada), and 맹세하다 (maengsehada) in Early Modern Korean.