살근살근

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠ɭɡɯnsʰa̠ɭɡɯn]
• Phonetic hangul: [살근살근]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	salgeunsalgeun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	salgeunsalgeun
McCune–Reischauer?	salgŭnsalgŭn
Yale Romanization?	sal.kunsal.kun

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair

Yin-form	슬근슬근 (seulgeunseulgeun)
Yang-form	살근살근 (salgeunsalgeun)

살근살근 • (salgeunsalgeun)

1. while rubbing very softly and lightly
2. (of an action) effortlessly and subtly

Related terms

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)