Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄉᆞᄆᆞᆾ다 (Yale: somochta). From Old Korean 通叱 (*SOMOch).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?samuchida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?samuchida
McCune–Reischauer?samuch'ida
Yale Romanization?samu.chita

Verb

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사무치다 (samuchida) (infinitive 사무쳐 or 사무치어, sequential 사무치니)

  1. (intransitive, of an emotion or thought) to pierce (to one's heart), to penetrate, to touch
  2. (intransitive, of disease, coldness or pain) to penetrate (into a part of the body), to reach, to extend (to)

Conjugation

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