비우다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 뷔우〮다〮 (Yale: pwùyGwú-tá).

비- (bi-, to be empty) + -우- (-u-, causative suffix) + -다 (-da, suffix conventionally given for citation forms).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?biuda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?biuda
McCune–Reischauer?piuda
Yale Romanization?piwuta

Verb

Korean verb set
Base 비다 (bida)
Causative비우다 (biuda)

비우다 • (biuda) (infinitive 비워, sequential 비우니)

  1. (transitive) to empty, drain; evacuate, vacate

Conjugation