이글

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [iɡɯɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [이글]

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

Root

이글 • (igeul)

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