엉덩이

Korean

Alternative forms

• (all dialectal forms) 응뎅이 (eungdeng'i), 응디 (eungdi), 엉데 (eongde), 앵둥이 (aengdung'i)

Etymology

First attested in the Gukhan hoehwa (國韓會話 / 국한회화), 1895, as Early Modern Korean 엉덩이 (Yale: engtengi).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈɘ(ː)ŋdʌ̹ŋi]
• Phonetic hangul: [엉(ː)덩이]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	eongdeong'i
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eongdeong'i
McCune–Reischauer?	ŏngdŏngi
Yale Romanization?	ēngtengi

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 엉덩이의 / 엉덩이에 / 엉덩이까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on the second syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

South Korean Standard Language	엉덩이 (eongdeong'i)
North Korean Standard Language	엉뎅이 (eongdeng'i)

엉덩이 • (eongdeong'i)

1. buttocks, bottom

   Synonyms: 궁둥이 (gungdung'i), 볼기 (bolgi)

2. (now uncommon) the upper buttocks specifically

   Coordinate term: 궁둥이 (gungdung'i, “the lower buttocks”)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms:

• 넙덕지 (neopdeokji)
• 똥방뎅이 (ttongbangdeng'i)
• 방뎅이 (bangdeng'i)
• 방치 (bangchi)
• 엉더리 (eongdeori)
• 엉둥패기 (eongdungpaegi)
• 엉치 (eongchi)
• 응세이 (eungsei)