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 ᄠᅥᆯ티다 (Yale: ptelthita).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?tteolchida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?tteolchida
McCune–Reischauer?ttŏlch'ida
Yale Romanization?ttelchita

Verb

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떨치다 (tteolchida) (infinitive 떨쳐 or 떨치어, sequential 떨치니)

  1. to shake off, drop
  2. to throw away (ominous thoughts, honors, greed, etc.)

Conjugation

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