뒹굴뒹굴

뒹굴뒹굴

Korean

Etymology

Reduplication of 뒹굴— (dwinggul-, “to roll about; to idle one's time away”), which is in turn an ablaut variant of 둥글— (dunggeul-, “to be round, circular”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[tɥiŋɡuɭdɥiŋɡuɭ] ~ [tyŋɡuɭdyŋɡuɭ]
• Phonetic Hangul[뒹굴뒹굴]

Revised Romanization? dwingguldwinggul Revised Romanization (translit.)? dwingguldwinggul McCune–Reischauer? twingguldwinggul Yale Romanization? twingkwultwingkwul

Adverb

뒹굴뒹굴 • (dwingguldwinggul)

1. The appearance of something rolling around.
2. The appearance of someone having nothing to do, rattling around, idling one's time away (at home).

See also

• Non-standard: 딩굴딩굴 (dingguldinggul)
• Verb: 뒹굴뒹굴하다 (dwingguldwinggulhada)