Korean

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Etymology

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부르 (bureu-, to call) + (-i-, passive suffix) + (-da, suffix conventionally given for citation forms).

First attested in the Yeogeo yuhae (譯語類解 / 역어유해), 1690, as Early Modern Korean 불니다 (Yale: pwulnita), the orthographic <-ㄴㄹ-> simply being an Early Modern variant of <-ㄹㄹ->; the pronunciation has not changed.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bullida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bullida
McCune–Reischauer?pullida
Yale Romanization?pullita

Verb

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

불리다 (bullida) (infinitive 불려 or 불리어, sequential 불리니)

  1. to be called

Conjugation

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