통통

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Korean

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Etymology

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Of native Korean origin. Doubling of (tong).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?tongtong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?tongtong
McCune–Reischauer?t'ongt'ong
Yale Romanization?thongthong

Ideophone

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Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 퉁퉁 (tungtung)
Yang-form 통통 (tongtong)

통통 (tongtong)

  1. (onomatopoeia) with a thump (a word imitating the sound made when a small drum, an empty wood pail, etc., is repeatedly beaten)
  2. (onomatopoeia) with a stamp (a word imitating the sound made when a foot stamps a hard spot repeatedly)
  3. (a word imitating the sound made when a tense string, etc., is plucked repeatedly)
  4. in drops, bouncing (a word imitating the sound made when small water drops or round objects keep falling)
  5. (a word imitating the sound made when a small motor is operated)
  6. roundly, fatly, corpulently, swollenly

Derived terms

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(roundly, corpulently, swollenly):

(thump, stamp, bounce):