기르다

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Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 기ᄅᆞ다〮 (Yale: kìlò-tá), a causative form of 길〯다〮 (Yale: kǐl-tá, “to be long”).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gireuda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gileuda
McCune–Reischauer?kirŭda
Yale Romanization?kiluta

Verb

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기르다 (gireuda) (infinitive 길러, sequential 기르니) (transitive)

  1. to grow, raise, breed, cultivate, foster, nurse, bring up
    Synonym: 키우다 (kiuda)
  2. to build up, to develop

Conjugation

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Alternative forms

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