Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 나봇기다 (Yale: napwoskita).

Etymologically 나붓 (nabut, ideophonic stem for fluttering) + —기다 (-gida, unknown suffix). The ideophonic stem does not occur independently but is found in derived forms such as 나붓거리다 (nabutgeorida, “to repeatedly flutter”) and 나붓나붓 (nabunnabut, “flutteringly”).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?nabukkida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?nabu'kkida
McCune–Reischauer?nabukkida
Yale Romanization?napu.kkita

Verb

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나부끼다 (nabukkida) (infinitive 나부껴 or 나부끼어, sequential 나부끼니)

  1. to flutter in the wind
    산들바람 나부끼는 나뭇가지 누구한테 인사하고 있을까?
    sandeulbaram-e nabukkineun jeo namutgaji-neun nugu-hante insahago isseulkka?
    Those branches fluttering in the wind—I wonder who it is that they're waving to.

Conjugation

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