Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄭᅮ〮미다〮 (Yale: skwúmìtá). Compare 꾸리다 (kkurida).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?kkumida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?kkumida
McCune–Reischauer?kkumida
Yale Romanization?kkwumita

Verb

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꾸미다 (kkumida) (infinitive 꾸며 or 꾸미어, sequential 꾸미니)

  1. (transitive) to adorn, to decorate
  2. (transitive) to fabricate, to invent
  3. (transitive) to feign, to be affected
  4. (transitive, grammar) to modify

Conjugation

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