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Korean
Etymology
Of native Korean origin. Doubling of 퉁 (tung).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | tungtung |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | tungtung |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | t'ungt'ung |
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| Yale Romanization? | thwungthwung |
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Ideophone
퉁퉁 • (tungtung)
- corpulently, fatly, roundly, swollenly
- 운하에 떠오른, 퉁퉁 불은 시신 ― unha-e tteooreun, tungtung bureun sisin ― a bloated body floating in the canal
- (onomatopoeia) with a thump, stamp, boom, thud
Derived terms
- 퉁퉁걸음 (tungtunggeoreum, “walking with pounding steps”)
- 퉁퉁마디 (tungtungmadi, “glasswort, samphire, saltwort”)
- 퉁퉁배 (tungtungbae, “drum belly”)
- 퉁퉁하다 (tungtunghada, “fat, corpulent, swollen”)