우물쭈물

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. Probably related to 우물우물 (umurumul, “murmuringly”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [umuʎt͡ɕ͈umuɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [우물쭈물]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	umuljjumul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	umuljjumul
McCune–Reischauer?	umultchumul
Yale Romanization?	wumulccwumul

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair

Yin-form	우물쭈물 (umuljjumul)
Yang-form	오물쪼물 (omuljjomul)

우물쭈물 • (umuljjumul)

1. (rhyme reduplicative) very indecisively, very hesitantly

   우물쭈물대다가 다친다?

   umuljjumuldaedaga dachinda?

   You're going to get hurt if you keep being indecisive like this.

Derived terms

• 우물쭈물하다 (umuljjumulhada): to behave very indecisively, very hesitantly