바싹바싹
Korean
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pa̠s͈a̠k̚p͈a̠s͈a̠k̚]
- Phonetic hangeul: [바싹빠싹]
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Etymology 1
Reduplication of 바싹 (bassak).
Ideophone
바싹바싹 • (bassakbassak)
- repeatedly or continuously dryly, aridly, parchedly
- (figurative, of a person or animal) in a very scrawny state, malnourishedly
- (of multiple people) while becoming physically close to
- (of prices, etc.) repeatedly suddenly changing by a large amount
- very carefully, very earnestly, with very rapt attention
Synonyms
- 바짝바짝 (bajjakbajjak)
- 삐쩍삐쩍 (ppijjeokppijjeok)
Usage notes
바싹바싹 (bassakbassak) is the yang vowel, or bright vowel, form of 버썩버썩 (beosseokbeosseok).
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.
Etymology 2
Reduplication of 바싹 (bassak).
Ideophone
바싹바싹 • (bassakbassak)
- (of a dry or brittle object) quite crunchingly; while repeatedly lightly stepping on, grinding, or breaking with a crunching sound
- (of a hard food) quite crunchingly; while repeatedly biting on with a crunching sound
- (positive) quite particularly crisply, as to crack easily (must be followed by the adjective-deriving suffix 하다 (hada))
Related terms
Sound-symbolic terms related to 바수다/부수다 (basuda/busuda, "to break; to crush") | |||||||
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바삭 (basak) 바삭바삭 (basakbasak) | 바싹 (bassak) 바싹바싹 (bassakbassak) | 빠삭 (ppasak) 빠삭빠삭 (ppasakppasak) | 파삭 (pasak) 파삭파삭 (pasakpasak) | 버석 (beoseok) 버석버석 (beoseokbeoseok) | 버썩 (beosseok) 버썩버썩 (beosseokbeosseok) | 뻐석 (ppeoseok) 뻐석뻐석 (ppeoseokppeoseok) | 퍼석 (peoseok) 퍼석퍼석 (peoseokpeoseok) |
보삭 (bosak) 보삭보삭 (bosakbosak) | 보싹 (bossak) 보싹보싹 (bossakbossak) | 뽀삭 (pposak) 뽀삭뽀삭 (pposakpposak) | 포삭 (posak) 포삭포삭 (posakposak) | 부석 (buseok) 부석부석 (buseokbuseok) | 부썩 (busseok) 부썩부썩 (busseokbusseok) | 뿌석 (ppuseok) 뿌석뿌석 (ppuseokppuseok) | 푸석 (puseok) 푸석푸석 (puseokpuseok) |
와삭 (wasak) 와삭와삭 (wasagwasak) | 와싹 (wassak) 와싹와싹 (wassagwassak) | 워석 (woseok) 워석워석 (woseogwoseok) | 워썩 (wosseok) 워썩워썩 (wosseogwosseok) | ||||
바슬바슬 (baseulbaseul) | 바스락 (baseurak) 바스락바스락 (baseurakbaseurak) | 빠스락 (ppaseurak) 빠스락빠스락 (ppaseurakppaseurak) | 파슬파슬 (paseulpaseul) | 버슬버슬 (beoseulbeoseul) | 버스럭 (beoseureok) 버스럭버스럭 (beoseureokbeoseureok) | 뻐스럭 (ppeoseureok) 뻐스럭뻐스럭 (ppeoseureokppeoseureok) | 퍼슬퍼슬 (peoseulpeoseul) |
보슬보슬 (boseulboseul) | 보스락 (boseurak) 보스락보스락 (boseurakboseurak) | 뽀스락 (pposeurak) 뽀스락뽀스락 (pposeurakpposeurak) | 포슬포슬 (poseulposeul) | 부슬부슬 (buseulbuseul) | 부스럭 (buseureok) 부스럭부스럭 (buseureokbuseureok) | 뿌스럭 (ppuseureok) 뿌스럭뿌스럭 (ppuseureokppuseureok) | 푸슬푸슬 (puseulpuseul) |
Usage notes
바싹바싹 (bassakbassak) is the yang vowel, or bright vowel, form of 버썩버썩 (beosseokbeosseok).
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.
바싹바싹 (bassakbassak) is the intensive consonant form of 바삭바삭 (basakbasak).
In many Korean ideophones and sensory words, forms with consonants which are aspirated or tensed are intensive; they emphasize the degree to which the description is true.
빠삭빠삭 (ppasakppasak) is another intensive form of 바삭바삭 (basakbasak), and is considered more emphatic than 바싹바싹 (bassakbassak).