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Korean
Etymology
From Japanese 行ったり来たり (ittari kitari, “back and forth”, literally “going and coming”), but with the Japanese verb stems replaced by Korean 오다 (oda, “to come”) and 가다 (gada, “to go”). The past tense forms with 었 (-eot-) were chosen to better match the Japanese pronunciation.
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | watdari gatdari |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | wassdali gassdali |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | wattari kattari |
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| Yale Romanization? | wasstali kasstali |
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Adverb
왔다리 갔다리 • (watdari gatdari)
- back and forth
- 와리가리 (warigari) — contraction
See also
- 오락가락 (orakgarak), 오명가명 (omyeonggamyeong)