통통

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. Doubling of 통 (tong).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tʰo̞ŋtʰo̞ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [통통]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	tongtong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	tongtong
McCune–Reischauer?	t'ongt'ong
Yale Romanization?	thongthong

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair

Yin-form	퉁퉁 (tungtung)
Yang-form	통통 (tongtong)

통통 • (tongtong)

1. (onomatopoeia) with a thump (a word imitating the sound made when a small drum, an empty wood pail, etc., is repeatedly beaten)
2. (onomatopoeia) with a stamp (a word imitating the sound made when a foot stamps a hard spot repeatedly)
3. (a word imitating the sound made when a tense string, etc., is plucked repeatedly)
4. in drops, bouncing (a word imitating the sound made when small water drops or round objects keep falling)
5. (a word imitating the sound made when a small motor is operated)
6. roundly, fatly, corpulently, swollenly

Derived terms

(roundly, corpulently, swollenly):

• 통통하다 (tongtonghada, “short and fat, swollen”)

(thump, stamp, bounce):

• 통통거리다 (tongtonggeorida, “to pound, resound, stamp”)