Korean

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Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bureuda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?buleuda
McCune–Reischauer?purŭda
Yale Romanization?puluta

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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Korean verb set
Base 부르다 (bureuda)
Causative불리다 (bullida)
Passive불리다 (bullida)

부르다 (bureuda) (infinitive 불러, sequential 부르니) (transitive)

  1. to name, to call, to call out
    그녀 이름 이고 불렀다.
    Nan geunyeo-ui ireum-eul myeot beon-igo bulleotda.
    I called out her name multiple times.
  2. to bid, to offer (a price)
    부르는 이다.Bureuneun ge gaps-ida.Whatever is offered is the price.
  3. to cry, to yell, to shout
  4. to sing, to chant
    애국가 부르다aegukga-reul bureudato sing the national anthem
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Etymology 2

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First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 브르다〮 (Yale: pùlù-tá).

Adjective

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Korean verb set
Base 부르다 (bureuda)
Causative불리다 (bullida)

부르다 (bureuda) (infinitive 불러, sequential 부르니)

  1. (of the belly or stomach) to be full (from eating)
    Antonym: 고프다 (gopeuda)
  2. (of a mother) to be pregnant
  3. (of pottery, barrel, drum, etc.) to be bulging, to be swelling in the middle, to be pot-bellied
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