Korean

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Etymology

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(heu) +‎ 느끼다 (neukkida, to sob); the first element is probably truncated from (heuk, onomatopoeia of sobbing).

Largely displaced the source verb 느끼다 (neukkida).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?heuneukkida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?heuneu'kkida
McCune–Reischauer?hŭnŭkkida
Yale Romanization?hunu.kkita

Verb

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흐느끼다 (heuneukkida) (infinitive 흐느껴 or 흐느끼어, sequential 흐느끼니)

  1. (intransitive) to sob; to weep
    그녀 너무 서러운 나머지 소리 흐느끼기 시작했다.
    Geunyeo-neun neomu seoreoun nameoji keun sori-ro heuneukkigi sijakhaetda.
    She was so saddened that she began to sob loudly.

Conjugation

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