와글와글

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [wa̠ɡɯɾwa̠ɡɯɭ]
Phonetic hangeul: [와그롸글]

Revised Romanization^?	wageurwageul
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	wageul-wageul
McCune–Reischauer^?	wagŭrwagŭl
Yale Romanization^?	wakul.wakul

Ideophone

와글와글 • (wageurwageul)

(of people, animals, etc.) teemingly
(of a larger amount of liquid) while boiling somewhat loudly
(onomatopoeia, of stacked objects) while falling down

Derived terms

와글거리다 (wageulgeorida, “to teem”)
와글와글거리다 (wageurwageulgeorida, “to teem greatly”)

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

와글와글 (wageurwageul) is the yang vowel, or bright vowel, form of 워글워글 (wogeurwogeul).

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.