슬몃슬몃

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰɯɭmjʌ̹ss͈ɯɭmjʌ̹t̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seulmyeotseulmyeot
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seulmyeos'seulmyeos
McCune–Reischauer?sŭlmyŏssŭlmyŏt
Yale Romanization?sul.myes.sul.myes

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 슬몃슬몃 (seulmyeotseulmyeot)
Yang-form 살몃살몃 (salmyeotsalmyeot)

슬몃슬몃 • (seulmyeotseulmyeot)

  1. repeatedly and subtly as to not draw attention (often of a negative action)
  2. slowly and repeatedly
  3. (of an emotion, often a negative one) while slowly emerging and reemerging
Sound-symbolic terms derived from 살/슬 (sal/seul-, "lightly, subtly")
Yang-vowel form
Yin-vowel form
살살 (salsal)슬슬 (seulseul)
살근살근 (salgeunsalgeun)슬근슬근 (seulgeunseulgeun)
살금살금 (salgeumsalgeum)슬금슬금 (seulgeumseulgeum)
살며시 (salmyeosi)
살몃살몃 (salmyeotsalmyeot)
슬며시 (seulmyeosi)
슬몃슬몃 (seulmyeotseulmyeot)
살포시 (salposi)살푸시 (salpusi)
살짝 (saljjak)
살짝살짝 (saljjaksaljjak)
슬쩍 (seuljjeok)
슬쩍슬쩍 (seuljjeokseuljjeok)
사르르 (sareureu)스르르 (seureureu)
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