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살그머니

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Korean

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Etymology

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From the root 살금 (salgeum).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?salgeumeoni
Revised Romanization (translit.)?salgeumeoni
McCune–Reischauer?salgŭmŏni
Yale Romanization?sal.kumeni

Adverb

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Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 슬그머니 (seulgeumeoni)
Yang-form 살그머니 (salgeumeoni)

살그머니 (salgeumeoni)

  1. stealthily; secretly
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Sound-symbolic terms derived from 살/슬 (sal/seul-, "lightly, subtly")
Yang-vowel form
Yin-vowel form
살살 (salsal) 슬슬 (seulseul)
살근살근 (salgeunsalgeun) 슬근슬근 (seulgeunseulgeun)
살금살금 (salgeumsalgeum) 슬금슬금 (seulgeumseulgeum)
살며시 (salmyeosi)
살몃살몃 (salmyeotsalmyeot)
슬며시 (seulmyeosi)
슬몃슬몃 (seulmyeotseulmyeot)
살포시 (salposi) 살푸시 (salpusi)
살짝 (saljjak)
살짝살짝 (saljjaksaljjak)
슬쩍 (seuljjeok)
슬쩍슬쩍 (seuljjeokseuljjeok)
사르르 (sareureu) 스르르 (seureureu)