뒹굴뒹굴

Korean

Etymology

Reduplication of 뒹굴— (dwinggul-, “to roll about; to idle one's time away”), which is in turn an ablaut variant of 둥글— (dunggeul-, “to be round, circular”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[tɥiŋɡuɭdɥiŋɡuɭ] ~ [tyŋɡuɭdyŋɡuɭ]
  • Phonetic Hangul[뒹굴뒹굴]
Revised Romanization? dwingguldwinggul
Revised Romanization (translit.)? dwingguldwinggul
McCune–Reischauer? twingguldwinggul
Yale Romanization? twingkwultwingkwul

Adverb

뒹굴뒹굴 • (dwingguldwinggul)

  1. The appearance of something rolling around.
  2. The appearance of someone having nothing to do, rattling around, idling one's time away (at home).

See also
  • Non-standard: 딩굴딩굴 (dingguldinggul)
  • Verb: 뒹굴뒹굴하다 (dwingguldwinggulhada)
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