퉁퉁

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. Doubling of 퉁 (tung).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tʰuŋtʰuŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [퉁퉁]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	tungtung
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	tungtung
McCune–Reischauer?	t'ungt'ung
Yale Romanization?	thwungthwung

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair

Yin-form	퉁퉁 (tungtung)
Yang-form	통통 (tongtong)

퉁퉁 • (tungtung)

1. corpulently, fatly, roundly, swollenly

   운하에 떠오른, 퉁퉁 불은 시신 ― unha-e tteooreun, tungtung bureun sisin ― a bloated body floating in the canal

2. (onomatopoeia) with a thump, stamp, boom, thud

Derived terms

• 퉁퉁하다 (tungtunghada, “fat, corpulent, swollen”)
• 퉁퉁배 (tungtungbae, “drum belly”)
• 퉁퉁걸음 (tungtunggeoreum, “walking with pounding steps”)
• 퉁퉁마디 (tungtungmadi, “glasswort, samphire, saltwort”)