부릅뜨다

Korean

Etymology

From 부르— (bureu-, “to be full, bulging”) + 뜨— (tteu-, “to open (eyes)”).

tteuda was ptu- in Middle Korean, hence the intrusive -p in this compound. Non-word-medial pt was reduced to tense tt, as in Modern tteuda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[puɾɯp̚t͈ɯda̠]
  • Phonetic Hangul[부릅뜨다]
Revised Romanization? bureuptteuda
Revised Romanization (translit.)? buleubtteuda
McCune–Reischauer? purŭpttŭda
Yale Romanization? pulupttuta

Verb

부릅뜨다 • (bureuptteuda) (infinitive 부릅떠, sequential 부릅뜨니)

  1. to goggle, to stare with eyes wide open

Conjugation

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