뒹굴뒹굴

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Korean

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Etymology

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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

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?dwingguldwinggul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dwingguldwinggul
McCune–Reischauer?twingguldwinggul
Yale Romanization?twingkwultwingkwul

Ideophone

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뒹굴뒹굴 (dwingguldwinggul)

  1. (of a round object) rolling about
  2. (figurative, of a person) having nothing to do, rattling around, idling at home

See also

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