댕댕이

Korean

Etymology 1

From visual similarity with the word 멍멍이, since 대 resembles 머. This is an instance of 야민정음 (yaminjeong'eum), the Korean counterpart to leetspeak, that has entered mainstream use.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [tɛŋdɛŋi] ~ [te̞ŋde̞ŋi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [댕댕이/뎅뎅이]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?daengdaeng'i
Revised Romanization (translit.)?daengdaeng'i
McCune–Reischauer?taengdaengi
Yale Romanization?tayngtayngi

Noun

댕댕이 • (daengdaeng'i)

  1. (childish, originally leetspeak, now in wider use) alternative form of 멍멍이 (meongmeong'i, “doggy”)
Derived terms
  • 골댕이 (goldaeng'i, “Golden Retriever”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [tɛŋdɛŋi] ~ [te̞ŋde̞ŋi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [댕댕이/뎅뎅이]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?daengdaeng'i
Revised Romanization (translit.)?daengdaeng'i
McCune–Reischauer?taengdaengi
Yale Romanization?tayngtayngi

Noun

댕댕이 • (daengdaeng'i)

  1. synonym of 댕댕이덩굴 (daengdaeng'ideonggul)
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