우기다

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Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

First attested in the Sohak eonhae (小學諺解 / 소학언해), 1586, as Middle Korean 우기다 (Yale: wukita).

Probably related to 억지 (eokji, “stubbornness”), where -ji appears to be a suffix. The Gyeongsang dialect form of 억지 is (uk).

Pronunciation[edit]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ugida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ugida
McCune–Reischauer?ugida
Yale Romanization?wukita

Verb[edit]

우기다 (ugida) (infinitive 우겨 or 우기어, sequential 우기니)

  1. to stubbornly insist on, especially when there is no evidence or counterevidence
    항상 런던 프랑스 있다 우기니?
    neo-neun wae hangsang reondeon-i peurangseu-e itdago ugini?
    Why do you always insist on London being in France?
    자기 맞다고 우겼어.
    gyae-ga jagi mal-man matdago ugyeosseo.
    He insisted that only he was right.

Conjugation[edit]