쌩글

Korean

Etymology

Intensive form of 생글 (saenggeul).

Phonology

IPA^(key): [s͈ɛŋɡɯɭ]
Phonetic hangeul: [쌩글]

Revised Romanization^?	ssaenggeul
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	ssaenggeul
McCune–Reischauer^?	ssaenggŭl
Yale Romanization^?	ssayngkul

Ideophone

쌩글 • (ssaenggeul)

while grinning particularly widely once

Derived terms

쌩글쌩글 (ssaenggeulssaenggeul)

Usage notes

쌩글 (ssaenggeul) is the yang vowel, or bright vowel, form of 씽글 (ssinggeul).

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.

쌩글 (ssaenggeul) is the intensive consonant form of 생글 (saenggeul).

In many Korean ideophones and sensory words, forms with consonants which are aspirated or tensed are intensive; they emphasize the degree to which the description is true.