이글이글

Korean edit

Etymology edit

A reduplication of the ideophonic root 이글 (igeul, not used in isolation), from 익— (ik-, “(of food) to become cooked”) + —을 (-eul, ideophone-deriving suffix) (Cho 2016, p. 175).

Pronunciation edit

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [iɡɯɾiɡɯɭ]
Phonetic hangul: [이그리글]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	igeurigeul
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	igeul'igeul
McCune–Reischauer^?	igŭrigŭl
Yale Romanization^?	ikul.ikul

Ideophone edit

이글이글 • (igeurigeul)

(for blaze, flare, glare, etc.) blazingly, sizzlingly, glaringly

Related terms edit

이글거리다 (igeulgeorida, “to blaze, to flare, to glare”)