꿈실꿈실

Korean

Etymology

Intensive form of 꼼실꼼실 (kkomsilkkomsil).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [k͈umɕʰiɭk͈umɕʰiɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [꿈실꿈실]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	kkumsilkkumsil
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	kkumsilkkumsil
McCune–Reischauer?	kkumsilkkumsil
Yale Romanization?	kkwumsil.kkwumsil

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair

Yin-form	꿈실꿈실 (kkumsilkkumsil)
Yang-form	꼼실꼼실 (kkomsilkkomsil)

Consonant set

Plain	굼실굼실 (gumsilgumsil)
Intensive	꿈실꿈실 (kkumsilkkumsil)

꿈실꿈실 • (kkumsilkkumsil)

1. (of insects, etc.) indeed swarmingly; while moving collectively via a large number of individual movements

Related terms

Ideophones derived from 곰/굼 (gom/gum-, "moving, squirming")
Old Korean: 丘物叱丘物叱 (*kwumulskwumuls) Middle Korean: 구믈구믈 (kwumulkwumul)
Yang-vowel form		Yin-vowel form
고물고물 (gomulgomul) 고무락고무락 (gomurakgomurak)	꼬물꼬물 (kkomulkkomul) 꼬무락꼬무락 (kkomurakkkomurak)	구물구물 (gumulgumul) 구무럭구무럭 (gumureokgumureok)	꾸물꾸물 (kkumulkkumul) 꾸무럭꾸무럭 (kkumureokkkumureok)
곰실곰실 (gomsilgomsil) 곰지락 (gomjirak) 곰지락곰지락 (gomjirakgomjirak)	꼼실꼼실 (kkomsilkkomsil) 꼼지락 (kkomjirak) 꼼지락꼼지락 (kkomjirakkkomjirak)	굼실굼실 (gumsilgumsil) 굼지럭 (gumjireok) 굼지럭굼지럭 (gumjireokgumjireok)	꿈실꿈실 (kkumsilkkumsil) 꿈지럭 (kkumjireok) 꿈지럭꿈지럭 (kkumjireokkkumjireok)
곰틀 (gomteul) 곰틀곰틀 (gomteulgomteul)	꼼틀 (kkomteul) 꼼틀꼼틀 (kkomteulkkomteul) 꼼트락꼼트락 (kkomteurakkkomteurak)	굼틀 (gumteul) 굼틀굼틀 (gumteulgumteul)	꿈틀 (kkumteul) 꿈틀꿈틀 (kkumteulkkumteul) 꿈트럭꿈트럭 (kkumteureokkkumteureok)
굼뜨다 (gumtteuda, “to be sluggish”) (adjective) 굼벵이 (gumbeng'i, “larva”) (noun)