Korean

Verb

부르다 • ‎(bureuda) ‎(infinitive 불러, sequential 부르니)

1. To call, name
2. To bid, offer (price)
   • 부르는 게 값‎ ― bureuneun ge gap ― Whatever is offered is the price. (as when supply of goods is extremely limited)
3. To cry, shout, yell
4. To sing, chant

Conjugation

Synonyms

• 외치다 (oechida, “to cry, shout, yell”)

Derived terms

• 부름 (bureum, “calling”)
• 부르짖다 (bureujitda, “to cry, shout, yell”)
• 불리다 (bullida, “to be called, named, sung”)

Related terms

• 낱말 (nanmal, “word”)
• 이름 (ireum, “name”)
• 값 (gap, “price”)
• 만세 (manse, “hurrah”)
• 노래 (norae, “song”)

See also

• 불다 (bulda, “to blow”)
• 빌다 (bilda, “to wish, pray; beg”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

부르다 • ‎(bureuda) ‎(infinitive 불러, sequential 부르니)

1. (belly, stomach) To be full
2. (mother) To be pregnant
3. (pottery, barrel, drum, etc.) To be bulging, swelling (in the middle), pot-bellied

Conjugation

Derived terms

• 부레 (bure, “air bladder”)
• 부르트다 (bureuteuda, “to blister”)
• 부릅뜨다 (bureuptteuda, “to make (eyes) glare angrily”)
• 부라리다 (burarida, “to make (eyes) glare angrily”)
• 불리다 (bullida, “to make (belly, stomach, purse, etc.) full”)

Related terms

• 배 (bae, “belly; stomach; womb”)

See also

• 바람 (baram, “wind, air”)
• 불다 (bulda, “to blow”)