뿌리다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄲᅳ리다 (sbeulida). Compare (bi, “rain”), 붓다 (butda, “to pour; to sow (seed)”), 바다 (bada, “sea”), Nanai бира (river).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[p͈uɾida̠]
  • Phonetic Hangul[]
Revised Romanization? ppurida
Revised Romanization (translit.)? ppulida
McCune–Reischauer? ppurida
Yale Romanization? ppulita

Verb

뿌리다 (ppurida) (infinitive 뿌려 or 뿌리어, sequential 뿌리니)

  1. to sprinkle, to rain in sprinkles
  2. to scatter, to spray, to spread, to sprinkle
  3. to strew, to sow (seeds)
  4. to squander, to lavish

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • 흩다 (heutda)
  • 흩뜨리다 (heuttteurida)

Antonyms

  • 모으다 (mo-euda, “to gather”)
  • 뭉치다 (mungchida, “to gather together, to conglomerate, to unite”)

Derived terms

  • 물뿌리다 (mulppurida, “to sprinkle, to spray (water)”)
  • 씨뿌리다 (ssippurida, “to strew or sow seeds, to disseminate”)
  • 흩뿌리다 (heutppurida, “to spray, to scatter, to disperse”)
  • 뿔뿔이 (ppulppuri, “scatteringly, separately, dispersedly”)

See also

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