Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Sinjeung yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576, as Middle Korean 믄디르다 (Yale: muntiluta).

Possibly cognate with Manchu ᠮᠣᠨᠵᡳᡵᠠᠮᠪᡳ (monjirambi, to rub)

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?munjireuda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?munjileuda
McCune–Reischauer?munjirŭda
Yale Romanization?mun.ciluta

Verb

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문지르다 (munjireuda) (infinitive 문질러, sequential 문지르니)

  1. to rub this way and that

Conjugation

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