엉덩이

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Korean

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in the Gukhan hoehwa (國韓會話 / 국한회화), 1895, as Early Modern Korean 엉덩이 (Yale: engtengi).

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
Revised Romanization?eongdeong'i
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eongdeong'i
McCune–Reischauer?ŏngdŏngi
Yale Romanization?ēngtengi
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 엉덩이의 / 엉덩이에 / 엉덩이까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on the second syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

South Korean
Standard Language 		엉덩이 (eongdeong'i)
North Korean
Standard Language 		엉뎅이 (eongdeng'i)

엉덩이 • (eongdeong'i)

  1. buttocks, bottom
    Synonyms: 궁둥이 (gungdung'i), 볼기 (bolgi)
  2. (now uncommon) the upper buttocks specifically
    Coordinate term: 궁둥이 (gungdung'i, “the lower buttocks”)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms:

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