바싹

Korean

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠s͈a̠k̚]
Phonetic hangul: [바싹]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	bassak
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	ba'ssag
McCune–Reischauer^?	passak
Yale Romanization^?	pa.ssak

Etymology 1

Of native Korean origin.

Perhaps related to Etymology 2 via an intermediary meaning of "like dry or brittle objects"?

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form	버썩 (beosseok)
Yang-form	바싹 (bassak)

바싹 • (bassak)

dryly, aridly, parchedly
이 땅 은 바싹 말랐다.
I ttang-eun bassak mallatda.
This land is parched dry.
(figurative, of a person or animal) in a very scrawny state, malnourishedly
바싹 마른 개
bassak mareun gae
a very scrawny dog
while becoming physically close to
아빠 한테 바싹 붙어.
Appa-hante bassak buteo.
Stick right next to Dad.
(of prices, etc.) suddenly changing by a large amount
가격 이 바싹 올랐네.
Gagyeog-i bassak ollanne.
Look, the price has gone way up.
carefully, earnestly, with rapt attention
바싹 공부하면 잘 될 거야.
Bassak gongbuhamyeon jal doel geoya.
Things will turn out well if you study hard.

Synonyms

바짝 (bajjak)
삐쩍 (ppijjeok)

Etymology 2

An intensive form of 바삭 (basak).

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form	버썩 (beosseok)
Yang-form	바싹 (bassak)

Consonant set
Plain	바삭 (basak)
Intensive	바싹 (bassak)

바싹 • (bassak)

(of a dry or brittle object) quite crunchingly; while lightly stepping on, grinding, or breaking with a crunching sound
(of a hard food) quite crunchingly; while biting on with a crunching sound
(positive) quite crisply, as to crack easily (must be followed by the adjective-deriving suffix 하다 (hada))
바싹한 과자
bassakhan gwaja
quite a crunchy snack

Usage notes

빠삭 (ppasak) is another intensive form of 바삭 (basak), and is considered more emphatic than 바싹 (bassak).

Related terms

Sound-symbolic terms related to 바수다/부수다 (basuda/busuda, "to break; to crush")
Yang-vowel form				Yin-vowel form
바수다 (basuda) (verb)				부수다 (busuda) (verb)
바스라기 (baseuragi) (noun)				부스러기 (buseureogi) (noun)
바삭 (basak) 바삭바삭 (basakbasak)	바싹 (bassak) 바싹바싹 (bassakbassak)	빠삭 (ppasak) 빠삭빠삭 (ppasakppasak)	파삭 (pasak) 파삭파삭 (pasakpasak)	버석 (beoseok) 버석버석 (beoseokbeoseok)	버썩 (beosseok) 버썩버썩 (beosseokbeosseok)	뻐석 (ppeoseok) 뻐석뻐석 (ppeoseokppeoseok)	퍼석 (peoseok) 퍼석퍼석 (peoseokpeoseok)
보삭 (bosak) 보삭보삭 (bosakbosak)	보싹 (bossak) 보싹보싹 (bossakbossak)	뽀삭 (pposak) 뽀삭뽀삭 (pposakpposak)	포삭 (posak) 포삭포삭 (posakposak)	부석 (buseok) 부석부석 (buseokbuseok)	부썩 (busseok) 부썩부썩 (busseokbusseok)	뿌석 (ppuseok) 뿌석뿌석 (ppuseokppuseok)	푸석 (puseok) 푸석푸석 (puseokpuseok)
와삭 (wasak) 와삭와삭 (wasagwasak)		와싹 (wassak) 와싹와싹 (wassagwassak)		워석 (woseok) 워석워석 (woseogwoseok)		워썩 (wosseok) 워썩워썩 (wosseogwosseok)
아삭 (asak) 아삭아삭 (asagasak)		아싹 (assak) 아싹아싹 (assagassak)		어석 (eoseok) 어석어석 (eoseogeoseok)		어썩 (eosseok) 어썩어썩 (eosseogeosseok)
바슬바슬 (baseulbaseul)	바스락 (baseurak) 바스락바스락 (baseurakbaseurak)	빠스락 (ppaseurak) 빠스락빠스락 (ppaseurakppaseurak)	파슬파슬 (paseulpaseul)	버슬버슬 (beoseulbeoseul)	버스럭 (beoseureok) 버스럭버스럭 (beoseureokbeoseureok)	뻐스럭 (ppeoseureok) 뻐스럭뻐스럭 (ppeoseureokppeoseureok)	퍼슬퍼슬 (peoseulpeoseul)
보슬보슬 (boseulboseul)	보스락 (boseurak) 보스락보스락 (boseurakboseurak)	뽀스락 (pposeurak) 뽀스락뽀스락 (pposeurakpposeurak)	포슬포슬 (poseulposeul)	부슬부슬 (buseulbuseul)	부스럭 (buseureok) 부스럭부스럭 (buseureokbuseureok)	뿌스럭 (ppuseureok) 뿌스럭뿌스럭 (ppuseureokppuseureok)	푸슬푸슬 (puseulpuseul)