꼴꼴

Korean

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [k͈o̞ɭk͈o̞ɭ]
Phonetic hangeul: [꼴꼴]

Revised Romanization^?	kkolkkol
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	kkolkkol
McCune–Reischauer^?	kkolkkol
Yale Romanization^?	kkolkkol

Etymology

Onomatopoeia.

Ideophone

꼴꼴 • (kkolkkol)

(onomatopoeia) with the cry of a piglet
(of a small stream of water) gurglingly

Derived terms

Sense 2: 쿨쿨 (kulkul)

Usage notes

꼴꼴 (kkolkkol) is the yang vowel, or bright vowel, form of 꿀꿀 (kkulkkul).

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.