기니

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Korean

Etymology 1

From English Guinea or French Guinée.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Gini
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Gini
McCune–Reischauer?Kini
Yale Romanization?kini

Proper noun

기니 • (Gini)

  1. Guinea (a country in Africa)

Etymology 2

From 길다 (gilda, “to be long”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • 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)

  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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