일어나다

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to wake up, to get up

⏰🛏️ 일어나다 = 일다 (to rise) + 나다 (to come out): rise and come out

A compound of 일다 (to rise, arise) and 나다 (to come out, emerge), joined by the connector -어. Getting up is literally rising out. The same verb also means to happen or break out, as in an event arising.

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