Korean edit

Etymology edit

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 펴다 (Yale: phyeta).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?pyeoda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?pyeoda
McCune–Reischauer?p'yŏda
Yale Romanization?phyeta

Verb edit

펴다 (pyeoda) (infinitive 펴어, sequential 펴니)

  1. to spread, stretch, or expand something
  2. to unfold, open
    펴세요.Chaeg-eul pyeoseyo.Please open the book.
  3. to straighten
  4. to realize, materialize
  5. to liberate

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

Transitive Intransitive
펴다 (pyeoda) 펴이다 (pyeoida)
펴지다 (pyeojida)
피우다 (piuda)
피다 (pida)
피다 (pida)

See also edit

References edit

  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-06-01), “펴다”, in 표준국어대사전[1]