따뜻하다

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to be warm

☕🧣 따뜻 (warm) + 하다 (to be): the doubled tt-tt is tea-toasty

따뜻 is the root meaning warm, and 하다 turns it into a describing verb: to be warm. The two tense t sounds in tta-tteut echo tea and toasty, both warm things. Used for weather, drinks, clothes and kind-hearted people alike.

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