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.