고물고물
Korean
Etymology
Of native Korean origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ko̞muɭɡo̞muɭ]
- Phonetic hangeul: [고물고물]
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Ideophone
고물고물 • (gomulgomul)
- (rare, of small things) moving slowly in succession
- (rare) somewhat lazily, somewhat sluggishly
- (rare) somewhat wrigglingly
Related terms
Ideophones derived from 곰/굼 (gom/gum-, "moving, squirming") | |||
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Middle Korean: 구믈구믈 (kwumulkwumul) | |||
고물고물 (gomulgomul) 고무락고무락 (gomurakgomurak) | 꼬물꼬물 (kkomulkkomul) 꼬무락꼬무락 (kkomurakkkomurak) | 구물구물 (gumulgumul) 구무럭구무럭 (gumureokgumureok) | 꾸물꾸물 (kkumulkkumul) 꾸무럭꾸무럭 (kkumureokkkumureok) |
곰실곰실 (gomsilgomsil) 곰지락 (gomjirak) 곰지락곰지락 (gomjirakgomjirak) | 꼼실꼼실 (kkomsilkkomsil) 꼼지락 (kkomjirak) 꼼지락꼼지락 (kkomjirakkkomjirak) | 굼실굼실 (gumsilgumsil) 굼지럭 (gumjireok) 굼지럭굼지럭 (gumjireokgumjireok) | 꿈실꿈실 (kkumsilkkumsil) 꿈지럭 (kkumjireok) 꿈지럭꿈지럭 (kkumjireokkkumjireok) |
곰틀 (gomteul) 곰틀곰틀 (gomteulgomteul) | 꼼틀 (kkomteul) 꼼틀꼼틀 (kkomteulkkomteul) 꼼트락꼼트락 (kkomteurakkkomteurak) | 굼틀 (gumteul) 굼틀굼틀 (gumteulgumteul) | 꿈틀 (kkumteul) 꿈틀꿈틀 (kkumteulkkumteul) 꿈트럭꿈트럭 (kkumteureokkkumteureok) |
굼벵이 (gumbeng-i, “larva”) (noun) |
Usage notes
고물고물 (gomulgomul) is the yang vowel, or bright vowel, form of 구물구물 (gumulgumul).
In contemporary Korean, the yang vowels refer to /a/, /ɛ/, and /o/. In Korean ideophones and sensory words, forms with these vowels have a connotation of brightness, smallness, clearness, sharpness, youth, or positiveness.