Korean

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Etymology

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야비(野卑) (yabi) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈja̠(ː)biɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yabihada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yabihada
McCune–Reischauer?yabihada
Yale Romanization?yāpihata

Adjective

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야비하다 (yabihada) (infinitive 야비해 or 야비하여, sequential 야비하니, hanja 野卑하다/野鄙하다)

  1. to be base, to be mean, to be underhanded

Conjugation

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