# 바싹바싹
## Korean
### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [pa̠s͈a̠k̚p͈a̠s͈a̠k̚]
* Phonetic hangul: [바싹빠싹]

### Etymology 1

Reduplication of 바싹 (bassak).

#### Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair :
| Yin-form | 버썩버썩 (beosseokbeosseok) |
| Yang-form | 바싹바싹 (bassakbassak) |
바싹바싹 • (bassakbassak)
* repeatedly or continuously dryly, aridly, parchedly
* (figurative, of a person or animal) in a very scrawny state, malnourishedly
* (of multiple people) while becoming physically close to
* (of prices, etc.) repeatedly suddenly changing by a large amount
* very carefully, very earnestly, with very rapt attention

##### Synonyms

* 바짝바짝 (bajjakbajjak)
* 삐쩍삐쩍 (ppijjeokppijjeok)

### Etymology 2

Reduplication of 바싹 (bassak).

#### Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair :
| Yin-form | 버썩버썩 (beosseokbeosseok) |
| Yang-form | 바싹바싹 (bassakbassak) |
Consonant set :
| Plain | 바삭바삭 (basakbasak) |
| Intensive | 바싹바싹 (bassakbassak) |
바싹바싹 • (bassakbassak)
* (of a dry or brittle object) quite crunchingly; while repeatedly lightly stepping on, grinding, or breaking with a crunching sound
* (of a hard food) quite crunchingly; while repeatedly biting on with a crunching sound
* (positive) quite particularly crisply, as to crack easily (must be followed by the adjective-deriving suffix 하다 (hada))

##### Usage notes

빠삭빠삭 (ppasakppasak) is another intensive form of 바삭바삭 (basakbasak), and is considered more emphatic than 바싹바싹 (bassakbassak).

##### Related terms

Sound-symbolic terms related to 바수다/부수다 (basuda/busuda, "to break; to crush") :
| Yang-vowel form | Yang-vowel form | Yang-vowel form | Yang-vowel form | Yin-vowel form | Yin-vowel form | Yin-vowel form | Yin-vowel form |
| 바수다 (basuda) (verb) | 바수다 (basuda) (verb) | 바수다 (basuda) (verb) | 바수다 (basuda) (verb) | 부수다 (busuda) (verb) | 부수다 (busuda) (verb) | 부수다 (busuda) (verb) | 부수다 (busuda) (verb) |
| 바스라기 (baseuragi) (noun) | 바스라기 (baseuragi) (noun) | 바스라기 (baseuragi) (noun) | 바스라기 (baseuragi) (noun) | 부스러기 (buseureogi) (noun) | 부스러기 (buseureogi) (noun) | 부스러기 (buseureogi) (noun) | 부스러기 (buseureogi) (noun) |
| 바삭 (basak) 바삭바삭 (basakbasak) | 바싹 (bassak) 바싹바싹 (bassakbassak) | 빠삭 (ppasak) 빠삭빠삭 (ppasakppasak) | 파삭 (pasak) 파삭파삭 (pasakpasak) | 버석 (beoseok) 버석버석 (beoseokbeoseok) | 버썩 (beosseok) 버썩버썩 (beosseokbeosseok) | 뻐석 (ppeoseok) 뻐석뻐석 (ppeoseokppeoseok) | 퍼석 (peoseok) 퍼석퍼석 (peoseokpeoseok) |
| 보삭 (bosak) 보삭보삭 (bosakbosak) | 보싹 (bossak) 보싹보싹 (bossakbossak) | 뽀삭 (pposak) 뽀삭뽀삭 (pposakpposak) | 포삭 (posak) 포삭포삭 (posakposak) | 부석 (buseok) 부석부석 (buseokbuseok) | 부썩 (busseok) 부썩부썩 (busseokbusseok) | 뿌석 (ppuseok) 뿌석뿌석 (ppuseokppuseok) | 푸석 (puseok) 푸석푸석 (puseokpuseok) |
| 와삭 (wasak) 와삭와삭 (wasagwasak) | 와삭 (wasak) 와삭와삭 (wasagwasak) | 와싹 (wassak) 와싹와싹 (wassagwassak) | 와싹 (wassak) 와싹와싹 (wassagwassak) | 워석 (woseok) 워석워석 (woseogwoseok) | 워석 (woseok) 워석워석 (woseogwoseok) | 워썩 (wosseok) 워썩워썩 (wosseogwosseok) | 워썩 (wosseok) 워썩워썩 (wosseogwosseok) |
| 아삭 (asak) 아삭아삭 (asagasak) | 아삭 (asak) 아삭아삭 (asagasak) | 아싹 (assak) 아싹아싹 (assagassak) | 아싹 (assak) 아싹아싹 (assagassak) | 어석 (eoseok) 어석어석 (eoseogeoseok) | 어석 (eoseok) 어석어석 (eoseogeoseok) | 어썩 (eosseok) 어썩어썩 (eosseogeosseok) | 어썩 (eosseok) 어썩어썩 (eosseogeosseok) |
| 바슬바슬 (baseulbaseul) | 바스락 (baseurak) 바스락바스락 (baseurakbaseurak) | 빠스락 (ppaseurak) 빠스락빠스락 (ppaseurakppaseurak) | 파슬파슬 (paseulpaseul) | 버슬버슬 (beoseulbeoseul) | 버스럭 (beoseureok) 버스럭버스럭 (beoseureokbeoseureok) | 뻐스럭 (ppeoseureok) 뻐스럭뻐스럭 (ppeoseureokppeoseureok) | 퍼슬퍼슬 (peoseulpeoseul) |
| 보슬보슬 (boseulboseul) | 보스락 (boseurak) 보스락보스락 (boseurakboseurak) | 뽀스락 (pposeurak) 뽀스락뽀스락 (pposeurakpposeurak) | 포슬포슬 (poseulposeul) | 부슬부슬 (buseulbuseul) | 부스럭 (buseureok) 부스럭부스럭 (buseureokbuseureok) | 뿌스럭 (ppuseureok) 뿌스럭뿌스럭 (ppuseureokppuseureok) | 푸슬푸슬 (puseulpuseul) |