Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Bang'eon jipseok (方言集釋 / 방언집석), 1778, as Early Modern Korean 매만지다 (Yale: maymancita), compound of (mae) +‎ 만지다 (manjida, to touch). The first element is perhaps (mae, carefully), although there is a vowel length mismatch.

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [mɛma̠ɲd͡ʑida̠] ~ [me̞ma̠ɲd͡ʑida̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [/]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?maemanjida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?maemanjida
McCune–Reischauer?maemanjida
Yale Romanization?mayman.cita

Verb

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매만지다 (maemanjida) (infinitive 매만져 or 매만지어, sequential 매만지니)

  1. to adjust, to tidy with the hand (of clothes, etc.)
    흐트러진 매만졌다.
    Heuteureojin os-eul maemanjeotda.
    He tidied his rumpled clothes.
  2. to caress
    Synonym: 어루만지다 (eorumanjida)
    아이 매만져주었다.
    Ai-ui son-eul maemanjeojueotda.
    She caressed the child's hand.

Conjugation

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