-덜

Jeju

Etymology

Cognate with Korean 들 (-deul).

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽təl⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [təɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [덜]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	-deol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	deol
Yale Romanization?	tel

Particle

덜 (-deol)

1. -s (indicating the plural of a noun)

   Synonym: 네 (-ne)

   사름덜 ― sareum-deol ― people, persons

Korean

Particle

덜 • (-deol)

1. Pronunciation spelling of 들 (-deul, plural marker), representing Gyeongsang Korean.
2. Chungcheong, Gangwon, and Jeolla dialect form of 들 (-deul, plural marker)
   • 2012 February 1, 박선한 [bakseonhan], “박참봉 할아버지의 인정 [bakchambong harabeojiui injeong]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎^[1], 충청남도 홍성군 서부면 [chungcheongnamdo hongseonggun seobumyeon]:

     그런 할아버지덜두 있구, 그래서 우리 어머니는 그 젊어서 출가했어야,

     geureon harabeojideol-du it-gu, geurae-seo uri eomeoni-neun geu jeolm-eoseo chulgahaess-eo-ya,

     Because they were those kind of old men, our mother left the house since she was young.