🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

깨우다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kkaeuda

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Awaken/əˈweɪ.kən/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"알람 소리가 나를 깨웠다."

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1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    To cause to stop sleeping or to become alert and active.

    "The loud noise outside began to awaken the sleeping children."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'awaken' originates from the Old English 'awacnian', which means 'to wake up'. It evolved through Middle English as 'awaken', reflecting a shift in usage from a physical act of waking to a more metaphorical sense of becoming aware or alert.

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