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Korean
Etymology
Reduplication of the root 두근 (dugeun) (whence also 두근거리다 (dugeun'georida, “to pound, to palpitate”)), which is perhaps onomatopoeic; compare Japanese どきどき (dokidoki) with the same meaning. Compare 두그르르 (dugeureureu, “rolling, tumbling”).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | dugeundugeun |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | dugeundugeun |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | tugŭndugŭn |
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| Yale Romanization? | twukuntwukun |
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Ideophone
두근두근 • (dugeundugeun)
- (sound of heart beating) pit-a-pat