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Korean
Etymology 1
First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 드릏〮 (Yale: tùlúh), and subsequently as 듫〯 (Yale: tǔlh), the contracted form.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations |
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Revised Romanization? | deul |
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Revised Romanization (translit.)? | deul |
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McCune–Reischauer? | tŭl |
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Yale Romanization? | tūl |
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Noun
들 • (deul)
- meadow, field, plain
- Synonyms: 들판 (deulpan), 평야(平野) (pyeong'ya)
Derived terms
- 논들 (nondeul)
- 뒷들 (dwitdeul)
- 들길 (deulgil)
- 들밭 (deulbat)
- 들판 (deulpan)
Prefix
들— • (deul-)
- (of an animal or plant) wild, untamed
Derived terms
- 들개 (deulgae)
- 들고양이 (deulgoyang'i)
- 들국화 (deulgukhwa)
- 들꽃 (deulkkot)
- 들나물 (deullamul)
- 들무 (deulmu)
- 들버섯 (deulbeoseot)
- 들벌 (deulbeol)
- 들새 (deulsae)
- 들장미 (deuljangmi)
- 들쥐 (deuljwi)
- 들짐승 (deuljimseung)
Etymology 2
See the main entries.
Verb
들 • (deul)
- Future adnominal of 들다 (deulda, “to enter”): which will enter
- Future adnominal of 들다 (deulda, “to hold”): which will hold; which will be held
Further reading
- 정해 (Hui Zheng) (2011) “한국어 복수표지 '들'에 관하여 [han'gugeo boksupyoji deul e gwanhayeo, On the Korean plural marker tul]”, in Eoneohak yeon'gu, volume 19, pages 281—302