벌끈

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. Probably related to 불거지다 (bulgeojida, “to protrude”), 부르다 (bureuda, “to swell”), 불뚝 (bulttuk, “in a suddenly angered manner”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʌ̹ɭk͈ɯn]
Phonetic hangul: [벌끈]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	beolkkeun
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	beolkkeun
McCune–Reischauer^?	pŏlkkŭn
Yale Romanization^?	pel.kkun

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form	벌끈 (beolkkeun)
Yang-form	발끈 (balkkeun)

벌끈 • (beolkkeun)

(of an action) fiercely; reflecting undue anger at a minor annoyance
very loudly, very deafeningly
while very suddenly standing up
(of a concealed object) very suddenly emerging from