동글동글

Korean

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [to̞ŋɡɯɭdo̞ŋɡɯɭ]
Phonetic hangeul: [동글동글]

Revised Romanization^?	donggeuldonggeul
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	donggeuldonggeul
McCune–Reischauer^?	tonggŭldonggŭl
Yale Romanization^?	tongkultongkul

Ideophone

동글동글 • (donggeuldonggeul)

(of a shape) very round

Usage notes

동글동글 (donggeuldonggeul) is the yang vowel, or bright vowel, form of 둥글둥글 (dunggeuldunggeul).

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.