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TOPIK 4adverb

동글동글

donggeuldonggeul

동글동글 + 빚다 / 말다 · 동글동글하다

round, roundish, plump

Example

할머니가 경단을 동글동글 빚으셨어요.

Grandma rolled the rice cakes into little round balls.

Word parts

의태어 (manner word) built on 동글다 'round'. Its dark-vowel pair 둥글둥글 is bigger, and also describes an easygoing person.

Good to know

동글동글하다 is a cute way to describe a round face or eyes: 얼굴이 동글동글해요.