"무릎" meaning in Korean

See 무릎 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [muɾɯp̚] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: mureup [romanization]
Etymology: First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 무뤂 (Yale: mwùlwùph). Etymology templates: {{ko-etym-native|ws|무뤂|mwùlwùph}} First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 무뤂 (Yale: mwùlwùph). Head templates: {{ko-noun}} 무릎 • (mureup)
  1. knee
    Sense id: en-무릎-ko-noun-ae9aiLAn Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Native Korean words, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Anatomy Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Native Korean words: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 50 50
  2. lap
    Sense id: en-무릎-ko-noun-Bmrd9nQe Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Native Korean words, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Anatomy Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Native Korean words: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 무릎께 (mureupkke) (english: around the knees), 무릎뼈 (mureupppyeo) Related terms: (seul), the hanja for (english: knee), 오금 (ogeum) (english: the hollow of the knee)
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      "word": "膝"
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          "english": "to bend the knees; to kneel down; to surrender",
          "roman": "mureup kkulta",
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          "english": "to make friends (literally, knee to knee)",
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          "english": "to slap on the knee to show a great surprise",
          "roman": "mureup chida",
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          "english": "a skirt of knee length",
          "roman": "mureup-kkaji naeryeooneun seukeoteu",
          "text": "무릎까지 내려오는 스커트",
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          "english": "She recently hurt her knees.",
          "roman": "Choegeune geunyeo-neun mureup-eul dacheotda.",
          "text": "최근에 그녀는 무릎을 다쳤다.",
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        }
      ],
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          "english": "to sit on another's lap",
          "roman": "mureup-e anda",
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          "english": "to pillow the head on another's lap",
          "roman": "mureup-eul beda",
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      "id": "en-무릎-ko-noun-Bmrd9nQe",
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    {
      "hangeul": "무릅"
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    }
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}
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      "word": "무릎께"
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