왔다리 갔다리

Korean

Etymology

From Japanese 行(い)ったり来(き)たり (ittari kitari, “back and forth”, literally “going and coming”), but with the Japanese verb stems replaced by Korean 오다 (oda, “to come”) and 가다 (gada, “to go”). The past tense forms with 었 (-eot-) were chosen to better match the Japanese pronunciation.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [wa̠t̚t͈a̠ɾi ka̠t̚t͈a̠ɾi]
• Phonetic hangul: [왇따리 갇따리]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	watdari gatdari
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	wassdali gassdali
McCune–Reischauer?	wattari kattari
Yale Romanization?	wasstali kasstali

Adverb

왔다리 갔다리 • (watdari gatdari)

1. back and forth

Alternative forms

• 와리가리 (warigari) — contraction

See also

• 오락가락 (orakgarak), 오명가명 (omyeonggamyeong)