무릎

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 무뤂 (Yale: mwùlwùph).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?mureup
Revised Romanization (translit.)?muleup
McCune–Reischauer?murŭp
Yale Romanization?muluph

Noun

무릎 • (mureup)

  1. knee
    무릎 꿇다 ― mureup kkulta ― to bend the knees; to kneel down; to surrender
    무릎 맞대다 ― mureup matdaeda ― to make friends (literally, knee to knee)
    무릎 치다 ― mureup chida ― to slap on the knee to show a great surprise
    무릎까지 내려오는 스커트
    mureup-kkaji naeryeooneun seukeoteu
    a skirt of knee length
    최근에 그녀는 무릎을 다쳤다.
    Choegeune geunyeo-neun mureup-eul dacheotda.
    She recently hurt her knees.
  2. lap
    무릎에 앉다 ― mureup-e anda ― to sit on another's lap
    무릎을 베다 ― mureup-eul beda ― to pillow the head on another's lap

Derived terms
  • 무릎께 (mureupkke, “around the knees”)
  • 무릎뼈 (mureupppyeo)

See also
  • 오금 (ogeum, “the hollow of the knee”)
  • 膝 (seul), the hanja for "knee"
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