살금살금

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Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?salgeumsalgeum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?salgeumsalgeum
McCune–Reischauer?salgŭmsalgŭm
Yale Romanization?sal.kumsal.kum

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 슬금슬금 (seulgeumseulgeum)
Yang-form 살금살금 (salgeumsalgeum)

살금살금 • (salgeumsalgeum)

  1. secretly; stealthily; while acting lightly and watching one's surroundings to not be discovered
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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