사푼사푼

Korean

Etymology

Reduplication of 사푼 (sapun).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sʰa̠pʰunsʰa̠pʰun]
Phonetic hangeul: [사푼사푼]

Revised Romanization^?	sapunsapun
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	sapunsapun
McCune–Reischauer^?	sap'unsap'un
Yale Romanization^?	saphunsaphun

Ideophone

사푼사푼 • (sapunsapun)

with particularly soft steps, particularly softly, particularly lightly

Usage notes

사푼사푼 (sapunsapun) is the yang vowel, or bright vowel, form of 서푼서푼 (seopunseopun).

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.

사푼사푼 (sapunsapun) is the intensive consonant form of 사뿐사뿐 (sappunsappun).

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.