기니

Korean

Etymology 1

From English Guinea or French Guinée.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[kini]
  • Phonetic Hangul[기니]
Revised Romanization? Gini
Revised Romanization (translit.)? Gini
McCune–Reischauer? Kini
Yale Romanization? Kini

Proper noun

기니 • (Gini)

  1. Guinea

Etymology 2

From 길다 (gilda, “to be long”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[ˈkiːni]
  • Phonetic Hangul[기:니]
Revised Romanization? gini
Revised Romanization (translit.)? gini
McCune–Reischauer? kini
Yale Romanization? kīni

Adjective

기니 • (gini) (sequential of 길다)

  1. Sequential form of 길다 (gilda, “to be long”), thus often "as a consequence of being long" or "so long that."
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