Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Yeogeo yuhae (譯語類解 / 역어유해), 1690, as Early Modern Korean 휘다 (Yale: hwuy-ta).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hwida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hwida
McCune–Reischauer?hwida
Yale Romanization?hwita

Verb

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Korean verb set
Base 휘다 (hwida)
Causative휘우다 (hwiuda)

휘다 (hwida) (infinitive 휘어, sequential 휘니)

  1. (intransitive) to be bent, to be curved
    철사 휘다cheolsa-ga hwidafor the wire to be bent
  2. (transitive) to bend, to curve
    Synonym: 구부리다 (guburida)
    철사 휘다cheolsa-reul hwidato bend a wire

Conjugation

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