곰작곰작

Korean

Etymology

Reduplication of 곰작 (gomjak).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ko̞md͡ʑa̠k̚k͈o̞md͡ʑa̠k̚]
  • Phonetic hangeul: [곰작꼼작]
Revised Romanization? gomjakgomjak
Revised Romanization (translit.)? gomjaggomjag
McCune–Reischauer? komjakkomjak
Yale Romanization? komcakqkomcak

Ideophone

곰작곰작 • (gomjakgomjak)

  1. (of small or light things) repeatedly moving slowly and slightly
    곰작곰작 기어가는 지렁이
    gomjakgomjak gieoganeun jireong-i
    an earthworm slowly crawling along
Sound-symbolic terms related to 감다 (gamda, “to close one's eyes”)
Yang-vowel form
Yin-vowel form
Middle Korean: ᄀᆞᆷᄌᆞᆨ (Yale: komcok)
Middle Korean: 금즉 (Yale: kumcuk)
깜작 (kkamjak)
깜작깜작 (kkamjakkkamjak)		깜짝 (kkamjjak)
깜짝깜짝 (kkamjjakkkamjjak)		끔적 (kkeumjeok)
끔적끔적 (kkeumjeokkkeumjeok)		끔쩍 (kkeumjjeok)
끔쩍끔쩍 (kkeumjjeokkkeumjjeok)
깜박 (kkambak)
깜박깜박 (kkambakkkambak)		깜빡 (kkamppak)
깜빡깜빡 (kkamppakkkamppak)		껌벅 (kkeombeok)
껌벅껌벅 (kkeombeokkkeombeok)		껌뻑 (kkeomppeok)
껌뻑껌뻑 (kkeomppeokkkeomppeok)
끔벅 (kkeumbeok)
끔벅끔벅 (kkeumbeokkkeumbeok)		끔뻑 (kkeumppeok)
끔뻑끔뻑 (kkeumppeokkkeumppeok)
깜찍하다 (kkamjjikhada)끔찍하다 (kkeumjjikhada)
끔찍끔찍하다 (kkeumjjikkkeumjjikhada)
곰작 (gomjak)
곰작곰작 (gomjakgomjak)		꼼작 (kkomjak)
꼼작꼼작 (kkomjakkkomjak)		꼼짝 (kkomjjak)
꼼짝꼼짝 (kkomjjakkkomjjak)		굼적 (gumjeok)
굼적굼적 (gumjeokgumjeok)		꿈적 (kkumjeok)
꿈적꿈적 (kkumjeokkkumjeok)		꿈쩍 (kkumjjeok)
꿈쩍꿈쩍 (kkumjjeokkkumjjeok)

Usage notes

곰작곰작 (gomjakgomjak) is the yang vowel, or bright vowel, form of 굼적굼적 (gumjeokgumjeok).

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.

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