데굴데굴
de-gul-de-gul
데굴데굴 is something only round things can do
The picture Something round touching the floor and turning over and over as it travels. 데굴데굴 rolls along the floor; 휘청휘청 loses its balance while still standing.
Where the picture shows up in 데굴데굴
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a ball getting away from your foot
공이 데굴데굴 굴러갔어요.
gong-i de-gul-de-gul gul-leo-ga-sseo-yo
The ball rolled away.
A ball brushed by a toe rolling on without stopping, across the road
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a coin slipped from the hand
동전이 데굴데굴 굴러서 책상 밑으로 들어갔어요.
dong-jeo-ni de-gul-de-gul gul-leo-seo chaek-sang mi-teu-ro deu-reo-ga-sseo-yo
The coin rolled under the desk.
A dropped coin spinning on its edge, then vanishing into the dark under the desk
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a body that can't lie still
배가 아파서 데굴데굴 굴렀어요.
bae-ga a-pa-seo de-gul-de-gul gul-leo-sseo-yo
My stomach hurt so much I kept rolling over.
Holding the belly and rolling left, then right, on the floor
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fruit spilling and scattering
사과가 봉지에서 데굴데굴 쏟아졌어요.
sa-gwa-ga bong-ji-e-seo de-gul-de-gul sso-da-jyeo-sseo-yo
The apples spilled out of the bag and rolled.
Apples leaving a torn bag one by one and rolling off in all directions
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a game on the bed
아이가 침대에서 데굴데굴 굴러요.
a-i-ga chim-dae-e-seo de-gul-de-gul gul-leo-yo
The child is rolling around on the bed.
A child rolling from one edge of the quilt to the other and back
All of it in one picture
데굴데굴 is one picture: rolling on and on along the floor. On a ball it is getting away from your foot; on a coin it is slipping from the hand under the furniture; on apples it is spilling from a bag and scattering. On someone in pain it is a body that cannot lie still, and on a child it is a game across the bed.