슬금슬금
Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Of native Korean origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰɯɭɡɯmsʰɯɭɡɯm]
- Phonetic hangul: [슬금슬금]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | seulgeumseulgeum |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | seulgeumseulgeum |
| McCune–Reischauer? | sŭlgŭmsŭlgŭm |
| Yale Romanization? | sul.kumsul.kum |
Ideophone
[edit]| Yin-form | 슬금슬금 (seulgeumseulgeum) |
|---|---|
| Yang-form | 살금살금 (salgeumsalgeum) |
슬금슬금 • (seulgeumseulgeum)
- (chiefly negative) furtively; stealthily; surreptitiously; while watching one's surroundings to not be discovered (of a thief, etc.)
Related terms
[edit]| 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) |