선물하다
seonmulhada · TOPIK 1
to give a gift
🎁 선물 (膳物: offered food + thing) = gift; + 하다 (to do) = to give a gift
선물 comes from hanja 膳物: 膳 means a prepared meal or offering, 物 means thing. A gift was originally a food offering. Adding 하다 (to do) turns the noun into a verb, a very common Korean pattern: gift + do = to give a gift.