Jump to content

이글

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Korean

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

익— (ik-, “(of food) to become cooked”) + —을 (-eul, ideophone-deriving suffix) (Cho 2016, p. 175).

Pronunciation

[edit]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?igeul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?igeul
McCune–Reischauer?igŭl
Yale Romanization?ikul

Root

[edit]

이글 (igeul)

  1. (ideophonic) Root of 이글거리다 (igeulgeorida, to blaze, to sizzle, to glare) / 이글이글 (igeurigeul, blazingly, sizzlingly, glaringly). Rarely used alone.