모기

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Korean

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Is this possibly related to the verb 먹다 (meokda, “to eat”), from the way that mosquitoes feed on people?”

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈmo̞(ː)ɡi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [모(ː)기]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?mogi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mogi
McCune–Reischauer?mogi
Yale Romanization?mōki

Noun

모기 • (mogi)

  1. mosquito
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