쌩글쌩글

Korean

Etymology

Reduplication of 쌩글 (ssaenggeul).

Phonology
  • IPA(key): [s͈ɛŋɡɯɭs͈ɛŋɡɯɭ]
  • Phonetic hangeul: [쌩글쌩글]
Revised Romanization? ssaenggeulssaenggeul
Revised Romanization (translit.)? ssaenggeulssaenggeul
McCune–Reischauer? ssaenggŭlssaenggŭl
Yale Romanization? ssayngkulssayngkul

Ideophone

쌩글쌩글 • (ssaenggeulssaenggeul)

  1. while continuously grinning particularly widely

Usage notes

쌩글쌩글 (ssaenggeulssaenggeul) is the yang vowel, or bright vowel, form of 씽글씽글 (ssinggeulssinggeul).

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.

쌩글쌩글 (ssaenggeulssaenggeul) is the intensive consonant form of 생글생글 (saenggeulsaenggeul).

In many Korean ideophones and sensory words, forms with consonants which are aspirated or tensed are intensive; they emphasize the degree to which the description is true.

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