뽀글뽀글

Korean

Etymology

Intensive form of 보글보글 (bogeulbogeul).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [p͈o̞ɡɯɭp͈o̞ɡɯɭ]
Phonetic hangeul: [뽀글뽀글]

Revised Romanization^?	ppogeulppogeul
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	ppogeulppogeul
McCune–Reischauer^?	ppogŭlppogŭl
Yale Romanization^?	ppokulppokul

Ideophone

뽀글뽀글 • (ppogeulppogeul)

(of a smaller amount of liquid or smaller bubbles) indeed boilingly; indeed bubblingly
(of hair) in a very curly state

Derived terms

뽀글거리다 (ppogeulgeorida, “to repeatedly bubble”)
뽀글뽀글하다 (ppogeulppogeulhada, “to repeatedly bubble; to be very curly”)

Related terms

Ideophones related to 바글/버글 (bageul/beogeul, "teeming, bubbling")
Yang-vowel form		Yin-vowel form
바글바글 (bageulbageul) 바그르르 (bageureureu)	빠글빠글 (ppageulppageul) 빠그르르 (ppageureureu)	버글버글 (beogeulbeogeul) 버그르르 (beogeureureu)	뻐글뻐글 (ppeogeulppeogeul) 뻐그르르 (ppeogeureureu)
보글보글 (bogeulbogeul) 보그르르 (bogeureureu)	뽀글뽀글 (ppogeulppogeul) 뽀그르르 (ppogeureureu)	부글부글 (bugeulbugeul) 부그르르 (bugeureureu)	뿌글뿌글 (ppugeulppugeul) 뿌그르르 (ppugeureureu)
와글와글 (wageurwageul) 와그르르 (wageureureu)		워글워글 (wogeurwogeul) 워그르르 (wogeureureu)
오글오글 (ogeurogeul) 오그르르 (ogeureureu)		우글우글 (ugeurugeul) 우그르르 (ugeureureu)

Usage notes

뽀글뽀글 (ppogeulppogeul) is the yang vowel, or bright vowel, form of 뿌글뿌글 (ppugeulppugeul).

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.

뽀글뽀글 (ppogeulppogeul) is the intensive consonant form of 보글보글 (bogeulbogeul).

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.