댕댕

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tɛŋdɛŋ]
Phonetic hangeul: [댕댕]

Revised Romanization^?	daengdaeng
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	daengdaeng
McCune–Reischauer^?	taengdaeng
Yale Romanization^?	tayngtayng

Ideophone

댕댕 • (daengdaeng)

swellingly
온 몸이 댕댕 부었다.
On momi daengdaeng bueotda.
His entire body is swollen up.
in a hard and solid shape

Derived terms

땡땡 (ttaengttaeng)
탱탱 (taengtaeng)

Usage notes

댕댕 (daengdaeng) is the yang vowel, or bright vowel, form of 딩딩 (dingding).

In contemporary Korean, the yang vowels refer to /a/, /ɛ/, and /o/. In Korean ideophones and sensory words, forms with these vowels have a connotation of brightness, smallness, clearness, sharpness, youth, or positiveness.