Korean

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Etymology

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

(nok-, to melt) + (-i-, causative suffix) + (-da, suffix conventionally given for citation forms).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?nogida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?nog'ida
McCune–Reischauer?nogida
Yale Romanization?nok.ita

Verb

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Korean verb set
Base 녹다 (nokda)
Causative녹이다 (nogida)

녹이다 (nogida) (infinitive 녹여 or 녹이어, sequential 녹이니) (transitive)

  1. to melt
  2. to dissolve
    그녀 설탕 타서 녹였다.
    Geunyeo-neun mur-e seoltang-eul taseo nogyeotda.
    She dissolved sugar in the water.
  3. to warm (someone) up, to make oneself warm
  4. to enchant, to bewitch, to captivate, to steal the heart of

Conjugation

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Alternative forms

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