탱탱

Korean

Etymology

Para-intensive form of 댕댕 (daengdaeng).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tʰɛŋtʰɛŋ]
Phonetic hangeul: [탱탱]

Revised Romanization^?	taengtaeng
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	taengtaeng
McCune–Reischauer^?	t'aengt'aeng
Yale Romanization^?	thayngthayng

Ideophone

탱탱 • (taengtaeng)

very swellingly
온 몸이 탱탱 부었다.
On momi taengtaeng bueotda.
His entire body is extremely swollen up.
탱탱한 뱃살
taengtaenghan baetsal
very swollen belly fat
in an extremely hard and solid shape

Usage notes

탱탱 (taengtaeng) is the yang vowel, or bright vowel, form of 팅팅 (tingting).

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.탱탱 (taengtaeng) is the aspirated consonant form of neutral 댕댕 (daengdaeng) and intensive 땡땡 (ttaengttaeng).

In certain Korean ideophones and sensory words, forms with aspirated consonants are para-intensive; they emphasize the degree to which the description is true to an extreme extent beyond that enabled by the intensive form alone.