Korean

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Etymology

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Compare alternative Gangwon and Gyeonggi 누키다 (nukida).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?nwikida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?nwikida
McCune–Reischauer?nwik'ida
Yale Romanization?nwi.khita

Verb

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뉘키다 (nwikida) (infinitive 뉘켜 or 뉘키어, sequential 뉘키니)

  1. (transitive, Gangwon, areas of eastern Seoul, and North Chungcheong) Dialectal form of 눕히다 (nuphida, to lie someone down (on the back))
    • 2009 January 22, 백남하 [baengnamha], “도깨비에 홀린 사람 [dokkaebie hollin saram]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎[1], 경기도 가평군 북면 [gyeonggido gapyeonggun bungmyeon]:
      최병덕 사람 , 가서 뉘켜가지고 인제 거기 업어왔는데
      geu choebyeongdeogi-ra-neun saram-i geu, gaseo nwikyeo-gajigo inje geogi-seo eobeowanneunde
      So someone called Choi Byeong-Deok, he lay him down and now carried him on his back from there...