우러러보다

Korean

FWOTD – 17 October 2024

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 울〯워러〮보다〮 (Yale: wǔlGwèlé-pwòtá).

Equivalent to 우러르- (ureoreu-, to look up)+ -어 (-eo, infinitive suffix) + 보다 (boda, to see).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [uɾʌ̹ɾʌ̹bo̞da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ureoreoboda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?uleoleoboda
McCune–Reischauer?urŏrŏboda
Yale Romanization?wulelepota

Verb

Korean verb set
Base 우러러보다 (ureoreoboda)
Passive우러러보이다 (ureoreoboida)

우러러보다 • (ureoreoboda) (infinitive 우러러봐 or 우러러보아, sequential 우러러보니) (transitive)

  1. to look up to; to turn one's head upward to
  2. (figurative) to look up to; to revere; to respect
    • 2015, “떨쳐가자 천하제일강국 [Let the Name of the Strongest Country in the World Become Well-known]”:
      기적 떨치자
      세계 우러러보게
      용맹 떨치자
      민족 자존심높이
      Gijeog-eul tteolchija
      Segye-ga ureoreoboge
      Yongmaeng-eul tteolchija
      Minjog-ui jajonsimnopi
      Let our miracles be well-known
      The whole world will look up to us
      Let us be known for our bravery
      To raise our nation’s pride.

Conjugation