하동지동

Korean

Etymology

Related to 허둥대다 (heodungdaeda, “to hurry confusedly”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ha̠do̞ŋd͡ʑido̞ŋ]
Phonetic hangeul: [하동지동]

Revised Romanization^?	hadongjidong
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	hadongjidong
McCune–Reischauer^?	hadongjidong
Yale Romanization^?	hatongcitong

Ideophone

하동지동 • (hadongjidong)

somewhat helter-skelter, somewhat hurriedly

Derived terms

하동지동하다 (hadongjidonghada)

Usage notes

하동지동 (hadongjidong) is the yang vowel, or bright vowel, form of 허둥지둥 (heodungjidung).

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.