녹을 먹다

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Korean

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Etymology

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Calque of Literary Chinese 食祿 (shílù).

Compare Japanese 禄を食む (roku o hamu).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?nogeul meokda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?nog'eul meogda
McCune–Reischauer?nogŭl mŏkta
Yale Romanization?nok.ul mekta

Verb

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먹다 (nog-eul meokda) (infinitive 녹을 먹어, sequential 녹을 먹으니, hanja 祿을 먹다)

  1. "to eat an official's salary": to serve as an official
    • 1883, 아메노모리 호슈(雨森芳洲) [Amenomori Hōshū], “天倫”, in 浦瀬裕, editor, 재간교린수지(再刊交隣須知) (Jaegan'gyorinsuji)NDL NLK, 外務省 edition, volume 1:
      他 다른 니는 셔울 가 녹(祿) 먹고 놉푼 벼슬허엿ᄉᆞᆸ네다
      tha talun ni-nun syewul ka nwok mekkwo nwopphwun pyesulheyessopneyta
      Others: Other men go to the capital to subsist on an official's salary and serve as officials.

Conjugation

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