멈칫거리다

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. From 멈칫 (meomchit, abruptly, suddenly) + 거리다 (-georida, suffix deriving frequentative verbs from ideophonic terms).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [mʌ̹mt͡ɕʰit̚k͈ʌ̹ɾida̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?meomchitgeorida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?meomchisgeolida
McCune–Reischauer?mŏmch'itkŏrida
Yale Romanization?memchiskelita

Verb

멈칫거리다 • (meomchitgeorida) (infinitive 멈칫거려 or 멈칫거리어, sequential 멈칫거리니)

  1. (intransitive, frequentative) to hesitate repeatedly, to baulk

Conjugation

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