기니
Korean
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English Guinea or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French Guinée.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kini]
- Phonetic hangul: [기니]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | Gini |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | Gini |
| McCune–Reischauer? | Kini |
| Yale Romanization? | kini |
Proper noun
기니 • (Gini)
Etymology 2
From 길다 (gilda, “to be long”).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈki(ː)ni]
- Phonetic hangul: [기(ː)니]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | gini |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gini |
| McCune–Reischauer? | kini |
| Yale Romanization? | kīni |
Adjective
기니 • (gini) (sequential of 길다)
- Sequential form of 길다 (gilda, “to be long”), thus often "as a consequence of being long" or "so long that."