Korean edit

Etymology edit

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)).[1]

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

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 edit

Related terms edit

  • 찔레 (jjille, multiflora rose)

References edit

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