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Korean
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | mani |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | man'i |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | mani |
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| Yale Romanization? | man.i |
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Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 蠻夷 (“southern tribes”).
Noun
만이 • (mani) (hanja 蠻夷)
- (historical) In ancient China, indigenous tribes in what is now southern and eastern China
- (by extension, archaic) barbarian; uncivilized people (i.e. neither Chinese nor Korean)
Etymology 2
Noun
만이 • (mani)
- Alternative spelling of 마니 (mani, “(ginseng-harvesters' cant) person”)