앙앙

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. Onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [a̠ŋa̠ŋ]
Phonetic hangeul: [앙앙]

Revised Romanization^?	ang-ang
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	ang-ang
McCune–Reischauer^?	angang
Yale Romanization^?	ang.ang

Ideophone

앙앙 • (ang-ang)

(of a baby or a child) while crying loudly

Derived terms

앙앙하다 (ang-anghada)
앙앙거리다 (ang-anggeorida)
앙앙대다 (ang-angdaeda)

Usage notes

앙앙 (ang-ang) is the yang vowel, or bright vowel, form of 엉엉 (eong-eong).

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.