Korean

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Etymology

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(bit-, to comb) + (-gi-, causative suffix) + (-da, suffix conventionally given for citation forms).

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 빗기다 (Yale: piskita).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bitgida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bisgida
McCune–Reischauer?pitkida
Yale Romanization?piskita

Verb

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Korean verb set
Base 빗다 (bitda)
Causative빗기다 (bitgida)

빗기다 (bitgida) (infinitive 빗겨 or 빗기어, sequential 빗기니)

  1. (transitive) to comb (someone else's hair)
  2. (transitive) to make (someone) comb (a person's hair)

Conjugation

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