구물구물
Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Korean 구믈구믈 (kwumulkwumul), from Old Korean 丘物叱丘物叱 (*kwumulskwumuls), attested in the tenth-century Hangsunjungsaeng-ga. It is the first attested Korean ideophone.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kumuɭɡumuɭ]
- Phonetic hangul: [구물구물]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | gumulgumul |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gumulgumul |
| McCune–Reischauer? | kumulgumul |
| Yale Romanization? | kwumul.kwumul |
Ideophone
[edit]| Yin-form | 구물구물 (gumulgumul) |
|---|---|
| Yang-form | 고물고물 (gomulgomul) |
구물구물 • (gumulgumul)
- (rare) moving slowly in succession
- (rare) lazily, sluggishly
- (rare) very wrigglingly
Related terms
[edit]| Ideophones derived from 곰/굼 (gom/gum-, "moving, squirming") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Yang-vowel form |
Yin-vowel form
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| 고물고물 (gomulgomul) 고무락고무락 (gomurakgomurak) |
꼬물꼬물 (kkomulkkomul) 꼬무락꼬무락 (kkomurakkkomurak) |
구물구물 (gumulgumul) 구무럭구무럭 (gumureokgumureok) |
꾸물꾸물 (kkumulkkumul) 꾸무럭꾸무럭 (kkumureokkkumureok) |
| 곰실곰실 (gomsilgomsil) 곰지락 (gomjirak) 곰지락곰지락 (gomjirakgomjirak) |
꼼실꼼실 (kkomsilkkomsil) 꼼지락 (kkomjirak) 꼼지락꼼지락 (kkomjirakkkomjirak) |
굼실굼실 (gumsilgumsil) 굼지럭 (gumjireok) 굼지럭굼지럭 (gumjireokgumjireok) |
꿈실꿈실 (kkumsilkkumsil) 꿈지럭 (kkumjireok) 꿈지럭꿈지럭 (kkumjireokkkumjireok) |
| 곰틀 (gomteul) 곰틀곰틀 (gomteulgomteul) |
꼼틀 (kkomteul) 꼼틀꼼틀 (kkomteulkkomteul) 꼼트락꼼트락 (kkomteurakkkomteurak) |
굼틀 (gumteul) 굼틀굼틀 (gumteulgumteul) |
꿈틀 (kkumteul) 꿈틀꿈틀 (kkumteulkkumteul) 꿈트럭꿈트럭 (kkumteureokkkumteureok) |