꼼짝

Korean

An intensive form of 곰작 (gomjak).

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	kkomjjak
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	kkomjjag
McCune–Reischauer^?	kkomtchak
Yale Romanization^?	kkomccak

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form	꿈쩍 (kkumjjeok)
Yang-form	꼼짝 (kkomjjak)

Consonant set
Plain	곰작 (gomjak)
Intensive	꼼짝 (kkomjjak)

꼼짝 • (kkomjjak)

(of light things) with truly a slow and slight movement (chiefly in negative constructions, to emphasize that the subject does not move at all)
만졌는데 꼼짝도 안 하네.
manjeonneunde kkomjjakdo an hane.
I touched it, but it doesn't move even the tiniest amount.

꼼작 (kkomjak) is another intensive form of 곰작 (gomjak), and is considered less intensive than 꼼짝 (kkomjjak).

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)