곤이

Korean

Etymology 1

Symbology	Romanized	Hangul	Hanja
Orthography	gon-i	곤이 (goni)	곡
Orthoepy, etc	goni	고니 (goni)	鵠

Of native Korean origin.

Noun

곤이 • (goni)

1. (archaic) Synonym of 고니 (goni) (swan).

Alternative forms

• 고니 (goni) (canonical)
• 곤 (gon) (archaic)

Synonyms

• 백조 (白鳥, baekjo, “a swan, literally, white bird”)

Etymology 2

Symbology	Romanized	Hangul	Hanja
Orthography	gon-i	곤이 (goni)	鯤鮞
Orthoepy, etc	goni	고니 (goni)	鯤 鮞

Sino-Korean word from 鯤 (“spawn”) + 鮞 (“roe”)

Noun

곤이 • (goni) (hanja 鯤鮞)

1. roe, the eggs or the egg-laden ovary of a fish
2. newborn fish

Synonyms

• 물고기알 (mulgogial, “literally, fish egg”)
• 어란 (魚卵, eoran, “literally, fish egg”)

See also

• 물고기 (mulgogi, “fish”)
• 알 (al, “egg”)
• 알젓 (aljeot, “salted roe”)
• 카비알 (kabial, “caviar”)

Etymology 3

Symbology	Romanized	Hangul	Hanja
Orthography	gon-i	곤이 (goni)	混夷
Orthoepy, etc	goni	고니 (goni)	混 夷

Sino-Korean word from 混 (“to mix, blend”) + 夷 (“Eastern foreigner”)

Noun

곤이 • (goni) (hanja 混夷)

1. barbarians west of ancient China, attested no less than two millennia ago

Alternative forms

• 혼이 (honi) (not canonical)
• 훈이 (huni) (as per the Chinese reading hun-yi)

Synonyms

• 서융 (西戎, seoyung)