야금야금

Korean

Etymology

Reduplication of the root 야금 (yageum), which does not occur independently.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ja̠ɡɯmja̠ɡɯm] ~ [ja̠ɡɯmɲa̠ɡɯm]
  • Phonetic hangul: [야그먀금/야금냐금]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yageumyageum/yageumnyageum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yageum'yageum/yageumnyageum
McCune–Reischauer?yagŭmyagŭm/yagŭmnyagŭm
Yale Romanization?yakum.yakum/yakumnyakum

Ideophone

야금야금 • (yageumyageum)

  1. (of a food) entering the mouth little by little, bit by bit
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