Korean edit

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sareureu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?saleuleu
McCune–Reischauer?sarŭrŭ
Yale Romanization?salulu

Ideophone edit

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 스르르 (seureureu)
Yang-form 사르르 (sareureu)

사르르 (sareureu)

  1. (of a tied or tangled thing) while slowly and softly becoming disentangled
  2. (of ice or snow) while slowly and softly melting
  3. while slowly and softly falling asleep
  4. while softly moving, as if sliding or trembling

Related terms edit

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)