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Korean
Etymology
A reduplication of the ideophonic root 이글 (igeul, not used in isolation), from 익— (ik-, “(of food) to become cooked”) + —을 (-eul, ideophone-deriving suffix) (Cho 2016, p. 175).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | igeurigeul |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | igeul'igeul |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | igŭrigŭl |
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| Yale Romanization? | ikul.ikul |
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Ideophone
이글이글 • (igeurigeul)
- (for blaze, flare, glare, etc.) blazingly, sizzlingly, glaringly
- 이글거리다 (igeulgeorida, “to blaze, to flare, to glare”)