통통하다

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Korean

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Etymology

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통통 (tongtong, shortly, corpulently, swollenly) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?tongtonghada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?tongtonghada
McCune–Reischauer?t'ongt'onghada
Yale Romanization?thongthonghata

Adjective

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Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 퉁퉁하다 (tungtunghada)
Yang-form 통통하다 (tongtonghada)

통통하다 (tongtonghada) (infinitive 통통해 or 통통하여, sequential 통통하니)

  1. short and fat
    강아지 고양이보다 통통하다.
    Nae gang'aji-ga ne goyang'i-boda tongtonghada.
    My dog is fatter than your cat.
  2. swollen, plump, chubby, round
    통통하다bor-i tongtonghadachubby cheeks
    통통한 젖가슴tongtonghan jeotgaseumfull breasts
    얼굴에서 소년 같은 통통함 사라지고 없었다.
    Geu-ui eolgur-eseo-neun sonyeon gateun tongtongham-i sarajigo eopseotda.
    His face had lost its boyish roundness.

Conjugation

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