불리다

Korean

Etymology 1

부르- (bureu-, to call) + -이- (-i-, passive suffix) + -다 (-da, suffix conventionally given for citation forms).

First attested in the Yeogeo yuhae (譯語類解 / 역어유해), 1690, as Early Modern Korean 불니다 (Yale: pwulnita), the orthographic <-ㄴㄹ-> simply being an Early Modern variant of <-ㄹㄹ->; the pronunciation has not changed.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bullida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bullida
McCune–Reischauer?pullida
Yale Romanization?pullita

Verb

Korean verb set
Base 부르다 (bureuda)
Passive불리다 (bullida)

불리다 • (bullida) (infinitive 불려 or 불리어, sequential 불리니)

  1. to be called
    저것은 합작투자불립니다.
    Jeogeos-eun hapjaktuja-ro bullimnida.
    That's called joint venture.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

부르- (bureu-, to be full) + -이- (-i-, causative suffix) + -다 (-da, suffix conventionally given for citation forms).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bullida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bullida
McCune–Reischauer?pullida
Yale Romanization?pullita

Verb

Korean verb set
Base 부르다 (bureuda)
Causative불리다 (bullida)

불리다 • (bullida) (infinitive 불려 or 불리어, sequential 불리니)

  1. (transitive, of belly) to make full
  2. (transitive, figurative) to fatten, enrich
    공금 먹어서 자기 불렸다.
    Gonggeumeul meogeoseo jagi baereul bullyeotda.
    He got rich off embezzling public funds.
    (literally, “(He) ate public funds and fattened (his) own belly.”)
Conjugation

Etymology 3

붇- (but-, to swell) + -이- (-i-, causative suffix) + -다 (-da, suffix conventionally given for citation forms).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

Korean verb set
Base 붇다 (butda)
Causative불리다 (bullida)

불리다 • (bullida) (infinitive 불려 or 불리어, sequential 불리니)

  1. to cause to swell up
  2. (transitive) to soak, macerate
    불리다ssareul mure bullidato soak rice in water
  3. (transitive) to increase, expand
    Synonyms: 늘리다 (neullida), 증식하다 (jeungsikhada)