멈칫거리다

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Korean

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?meomchitgeorida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?meomchisgeolida
McCune–Reischauer?mŏmch'itkŏrida
Yale Romanization?memchiskelita

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

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