깜빡

Korean

Etymology

Intensive form of 깜박 (kkambak).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?kkamppak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?kkamppag
McCune–Reischauer?kkamppak
Yale Romanization?kkamppak

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 껌뻑 (kkeomppeok)
Yang-form 깜빡 (kkamppak)
Consonant set
Plain 깜박 (kkambak)
Intensive 깜빡 (kkamppak)

깜빡 • (kkamppak)

  1. (for a light source) while indeed darkening and then brightening in quick succession
  2. (for a light source) while indeed brightening and then darkening in quick succession
  3. while indeed blinking one's eyes
  4. (for a person) in quite a muddled or confused state of consciousness
    깜빡 잊어버렸어요.
    kkamppak ijeobeoryeosseoyo.
    I accidentally forgot about it.

Usage notes

깜빡 (kkamppak) is more commonly used than the non-intensive form.

    Sound-symbolic terms related to 감다 (gamda, “to close one's eyes”)
    Yang-vowel form
    Yin-vowel form
    Middle Korean: ᄀᆞᆷᄌᆞᆨ (Yale: komcok)
    Middle Korean: 금즉 (Yale: kumcuk)
    깜작 (kkamjak)
    깜작깜작 (kkamjakkkamjak)
    깜짝 (kkamjjak)
    깜짝깜짝 (kkamjjakkkamjjak)
    끔적 (kkeumjeok)
    끔적끔적 (kkeumjeokkkeumjeok)
    끔쩍 (kkeumjjeok)
    끔쩍끔쩍 (kkeumjjeokkkeumjjeok)
    깜박 (kkambak)
    깜박깜박 (kkambakkkambak)
    깜빡 (kkamppak)
    깜빡깜빡 (kkamppakkkamppak)
    껌벅 (kkeombeok)
    껌벅껌벅 (kkeombeokkkeombeok)
    껌뻑 (kkeomppeok)
    껌뻑껌뻑 (kkeomppeokkkeomppeok)
    끔벅 (kkeumbeok)
    끔벅끔벅 (kkeumbeokkkeumbeok)
    끔뻑 (kkeumppeok)
    끔뻑끔뻑 (kkeumppeokkkeumppeok)
    깜찍하다 (kkamjjikhada)끔찍하다 (kkeumjjikhada)
    끔찍끔찍하다 (kkeumjjikkkeumjjikhada)
    곰작 (gomjak)
    곰작곰작 (gomjakgomjak)
    꼼작 (kkomjak)
    꼼작꼼작 (kkomjakkkomjak)
    꼼짝 (kkomjjak)
    꼼짝꼼짝 (kkomjjakkkomjjak)
    굼적 (gumjeok)
    굼적굼적 (gumjeokgumjeok)
    꿈적 (kkumjeok)
    꿈적꿈적 (kkumjeokkkumjeok)
    꿈쩍 (kkumjjeok)
    꿈쩍꿈쩍 (kkumjjeokkkumjjeok)
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