거느리다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 거느리다.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geoneurida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geoneulida
McCune–Reischauer?kŏnŭrida
Yale Romanization?kenulita

Verb

거느리다 • (geoneurida) (infinitive 거느려 or 거느리어, sequential 거느리니)

  1. to take care of, to lead, to be in command, to command, to head

Conjugation

Middle Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽kɘ̀nɨ́litá⫽

Verb

거느〮리다〮 (kènúlìtá) (infinitive 거느〮려〮, sequential 거느〮리니〮)

  1. (transitive) to lead, to have under one's command
    • 1573, 내훈 [naehun], volume 2 상 [2 sang], pages 5b-6a:
      남지니 어디디 몯ᄒᆞ면 겨지블 거느리디 몯ᄒᆞ고, 겨지비 어디디 몯ᄒᆞ면 남지ᄂᆞᆯ 셤기디 몯ᄒᆞ며
      Namcin-i eti-ti mwotho-myen kyecip-ul kenuli-ti mwotho-kwo, kyecip-i eti-ti mwotho-myen namcin-ol syemki-ti mwothomye
      If a man is not virtuous, he will not be able to have his wife under command, and if a woman is not virtuous, she will not be able to serve her husband