꼼지락꼼지락

Korean

Etymology

Reduplication of 꼼지락 (kkomjirak).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [k͈o̞md͡ʑiɾa̠k̚k͈o̞md͡ʑiɾa̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [꼼지락꼼지락]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	kkomjirakkkomjirak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	kkomjilagkkomjilag
McCune–Reischauer?	kkomjirakkomjirak
Yale Romanization?	kkomcilak.kkomcilak

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair

Yin-form	꿈지럭꿈지럭 (kkumjireokkkumjireok)
Yang-form	꼼지락꼼지락 (kkomjirakkkomjirak)

Consonant set

Plain	곰지락곰지락 (gomjirakgomjirak)
Intensive	꼼지락꼼지락 (kkomjirakkkomjirak)

꼼지락꼼지락 • (kkomjirakkkomjirak)

1. indeed wrigglingly; while indeed repeatedly slowly moving one's body or body part by a small amount

Related terms

Ideophones derived from 곰/굼 (gom/gum-, "moving, squirming")
Old Korean: 丘物叱丘物叱 (*kwumulskwumuls) Middle Korean: 구믈구믈 (kwumulkwumul)
Yang-vowel form		Yin-vowel form
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)
굼뜨다 (gumtteuda, “to be sluggish”) (adjective) 굼벵이 (gumbeng'i, “larva”) (noun)