Korean edit

Etymology edit

Reduplication of the root 두근 (dugeun) (whence also 두근거리다 (dugeun'georida, “to pound, to palpitate”)), which is perhaps onomatopoeic; compare Japanese どきどき (dokidoki) with the same meaning. Compare 두그르르 (dugeureureu, “rolling, tumbling”).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?dugeundugeun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dugeundugeun
McCune–Reischauer?tugŭndugŭn
Yale Romanization?twukuntwukun

Ideophone edit

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 두근두근 (dugeundugeun)
Yang-form 도근도근 (dogeundogeun)

두근두근 (dugeundugeun)

  1. (sound of heart beating) pit-a-pat