Wiktionary:Requested entries (Korean)

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This list is currently missing quite a few entries Wiktionary:Frequency lists/Korean 5800

Hangul

ㄱ

• 골 때리다 (gol ttaerida) - literally "skull hit", means roughly "mind-boggling"
• 고추장찌개 (gochujangjjigae)
• 개떡 (gaetteok)
• 구루 (guru) - guru (spiritual teacher in Indian traditions)
• 구깃 (gugit), 구깃구깃 (gugitgugit)

ㄲ

• 깝치다 (kkapchida) – slang, abrasive. Sentiment similar to "don't fuck with me", with implication that receiving person is insolent and of a lower social status.
• 꿀렁 (kkulleong)
• 끄덕 (kkeudeok), 끄덕끄덕 (kkeudeokkkeudeok)
• 꾹 (kkuk), 꾹꾹 (kkukkkuk)

ㄴ

• 나이스 (naiseu) - An exclamation used when something very good has happened. Berived from English nice. / also sometimes ㄴㅇㅅ (n's)
• 냥아치 (nyang'achi) – Combination of 냥 (nyang) ("meow") and 양아치 (yang'achi), a term for a tough cat, a rascal.
• 냥이 (nyang'i) – short form/nickname for cats, probably derived from 고양이

ㄷ

• 드륵 (deureuk), 드륵드륵 (deureukdeureuk) - rattling sound
• 덥썩 (deopsseok), 덥썩덥썩 (deopsseokdeopsseok)
• 두둥 (dudung)
• 들썩 (deulsseok), 들썩들썩 (deulsseokdeulsseok)
• 두근 (dugeun)
• 두리번 (duribeon), 두리번두리번 (duribeonduribeon)
• 다중 (dajung) - multitude?

ㄸ

• 띠링 (ttiring), 띠링띠링 (ttiringttiring)
• 뚜까맞다 (ttukkamatda) – being thoroughly physically beaten, walloped

ㅁ

• 매운맛 (mae'unmat) - Need to add category: Category:ko:Taste.
• 머뭇 (meomut) - hesitation
• 묵직 (mukjik) - heaviness
• 만질 (manjil)
• 명가 (myeongga) - prestigious family
• 쭈물 (jjumul), 쭈물쭈물 (jjumuljjumul)
• 맴맴 (maemmaem) - chirping of a cicada
• 미이라 (miira) - mummy

ㅂ

• 부들부들 (budeulbudeul), also sometimes ㅂㄷㅂㄷ (bdbd)
• 비틀 (biteul), 비틀비틀 (biteulbiteul)
• 부먹 (bumeok), short for "부어 먹어" ("pouring and eating"). People who prefer eating foods with sauces this way are jokingly part of a 부먹파 (bumeokpa) ("pouring and eating faction"). They are opposed to people who prefer 찍먹 (jjingmeok) ("찍어 먹어"; "dipping and eating"), called 찍먹파 (jjingmeokpa) ("dipping and eating faction")
• 부시럭 (busireok), 부시럭부시럭 (busireokbusireok)
• 벌컥 (beolkeok), 벌컥벌컥 (beolkeokbeolkeok)
• 벅 (beok), 벅벅 (beokbeok)
• 빙글 (binggeul) - reduplicated 빙글빙글 (binggeulbinggeul) already has an entry
• 벌름 (beolleum), 벌름벌름 (beolleumbeolleum)

ㅃ

• 뾰루퉁 (ppyorutung) - sullen, pouting
• 빠직 (ppajik)

ㅅ

• 신미 (辛味, sinmi) - Etymology does not exist. Be sure to include 'Category:ko:Taste'.
• 슥 (seuk), 스윽 (seueuk) - possibly the equivalent of fwip in manhwa?

  Because it is a word that expresses the sound made when passing quickly, it has no etymology. --YeBoy371 (talk) 08:29, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

  We still include words where the origin is unclear. Theknightwho (talk) 19:35, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

• 살랑 (sallang), 살랑살랑 (sallangsallang)
• 수근수근 (sugeunsugeun), 소근소근 (sogeunsogeun)
• 새근 (saegeun), 새근새근 (saegeunsaegeun)
• 슥삭 (seuksak) - sound of cleaning

ㅆ

• 씨익 (ssiik) - grin
• 쌀함박 (ssalhambak) - North Korean for 이남박 (inambak, “a wooden plate used to wash or pick rice”).
• 찌릿 (jjirit), 찌릿찌릿 (jjiritjjirit) - sound of electricity
• 씰룩 (ssilluk), 씰룩씰룩 (ssillukssilluk)
• 쑤욱 (ssuuk) - emphatic 쑥 (ssuk)
• 째릿 (jjaerit) - see [1]
• 씩씩 (ssikssik)
• 찌릿 (jjirit), 찌릿찌릿 (jjiritjjirit)

ㅇ

• 아래쪽 (araejjok)
• 아재 (ajae) – Contraction of either 아저씨 or 아주버니 (according to kowikt). Refers to an old man.
• 앞모습 (ammoseup)
• 앞태 (aptae)
• 양아치 (yang'achi)
• 일진 (iljin) – Slang term, literally referring to the toughest fighter (typically in a school setting). Used similarly to "punk", "bully", or sometimes "badass"
• 임마 (imma) - A common slang term for dude, pal, buster, man, etc. Also abbreviated as 마 (ma). See https://en.dict.naver.com/#/search?query=%EC%9E%84%EB%A7%88
• 울먹 (ulmeok), 울먹울먹 (ulmeogulmeok) - being about to cry
• 움찔 (umjjil), 움찔움찔 (umjjirumjjil) - flinch (possibly also "twitch")
• 와크 (wakeu) - North Korean import/export licence
• 육손이 (yuksoni) - Person with six fingers. Need to add category: Category:ko:Fingers, Category:ko:Six.
• 알딸딸 (alttalttal), 알딸딸하다 (alttalttalhada)
• 우물 (umul) - mumbling/muttering; reduplicated 우물우물 (umurumul) already has an entry
• 우득 (udeuk), 우득우득 (udeugudeuk)
• 우두둑 (ududuk), 우두둑우두둑 (ududugududuk) - crunching
• 원툴 (wontul) – Korean transliteration of "one tool"; means someone who heavily relies on a single strategy, generally implying they're not capable in other strategies
• 왈칵 (walkak), 왈칵왈칵 (walkagwalkak)
• 와락 (warak), 와락와락 (waragwarak)
• 우당탕 (udangtang), 우당탕우당탕 (udangtang'udangtang)
• 음슴체 (eumseumche)
• 외줄 (oejul)

ㅈ

• 잘 부탁드립니다 (jal butakdeurimnida). Seemingly a Korean counterpart to Japanese 宜(よろ)しくお願(ねが)いします (yoroshiku onegai shimasu). For inclusion in Category:Korean phrasebook. Related terms: 잘 (jal, “well”), 부탁 (butak, “request, favour”), 드리다 (deurida).
• 저벅 (jeobeok), 저벅저벅 (jeobeokjeobeok) - sound of heavy footstep
• 정곡 (jeonggok)
• 주륵 (jureuk)
• 절레 (jeolle), 절레절레 (jeollejeolle)
• 조마 (joma), 조마조마 (jomajoma)
• 장난 아니다 (jangnan anida) - "it's no joke"; i.e. "it's a big deal"
• 지지 (jiji) – word used to children, to indicate a dirty thing that the child should not touch
• 즐 (jeul) – slang word, see wikipedia:ko:즐. Possibly cut off from "즐거운..." ("[hope you have an] enjoyable...") from NPC dialogue in video games, used to indicate abruptly ending a conversation.

ㅉ

• 찜하다 (jjimhada) - It means making an object or person your own. https://ko.dict.naver.com/#/entry/koko/c32e63ab66824a87bf115aa80fc72ca5
• 짝짝 (jjakjjak)
• 찡 (jjing), 찌잉 (jjiing) - see [2]

ㅊ

• 촤악 (chwaak) - sound of water spilling?
• 츕 (chup)
• 찰칵 (chalkak) - equivalent to snap?

ㅋ

• 콩글리시 (konggeullisi) - Konglish
• 쿠궁 (kugung)
• 쿠구 (kugu), 쿠구구 (kugugu) etc.

ㅌ

• 튀기 (twigi) - North Korean for 튀김 (twigim, “fried food”).
• 토닥 (todak), 토닥토닥 (todaktodak) - pat pat
• 털썩 (teolsseok)
• 타닥 (tadak), 타닥타닥 (tadaktadak)
• 퇴 (toe) - was deleted on the grounds that there were no definitions, but there are a lot of links to this page from Hanja entries (Special:WhatLinksHere/퇴), and Korean Wikipedia has an article at this title (apparently about ocean banks - sorry, I don't speak Korean).

ㅍ

• 평면도형 (平面圖形, pyeongmyeondohyeong)
• 포옥 (pook) - sound of hugging
• 피식 (pisik), 피식피식 (pisikpisik) - sound when bursting into laugh with low voice
• 푸욱 (puuk) - emphatic 푹 (puk)

ㅎ

• 화악 (hwaak) - possibly wide-eyed? See [3]
• 할짝 (haljjak), 할짝할짝 (haljjakhaljjak) - licking sound
• 힐끔 (hilkkeum), 힐끔힐끔 (hilkkeumhilkkeum) - glance
• 흠칫 (heumchit), 흠칫흠칫 (heumchitheumchit) - startle
• 홱 (hwaek), 홱홱 (hwaekhwaek)
• 헐레벌떡 (heollebeoltteok)
• 확 (hwak), 확확 (hwakhwak) (ideophone)
• 훌렁 (hulleong), 훌렁훌렁 (hulleonghulleong)
• 휙 (hwik), 휙휙 (hwikhwik)
• 헉 (heok), 헉헉 (heokheok)
• 활짝 (hwaljjak)
• 허둥 (heodung), 허둥허둥 (heodungheodung)
• 후덜덜 (hudeoldeol), also sometimes ㅎㄷㄷ (hdd) - an ideophone or onomatopoeia

Latin letters

• “There’s a Korean proverb that says: ‘If you make others cry, your own eyes will bleed.’ So, if you mistreat others, you will be punished; if you do good to others, you will be blessed,” said Ms. [Shin-ja Moon, chairman of the Hallyu Cultural Renaissance Foundation]. - Shen Yun Concludes Performances in Korea - May 13, 2024