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Korean
Etymology
Of native Korean origin. From 잇 (it-, “to join”) + 기 (-gi, “-ing, -ment”).
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 |
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| Revised Romanization? | itgi |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | isgi |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | itki |
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| Yale Romanization? | īski |
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Noun
잇기 • (itgi)
- verbal noun of 잇다 (itda, “to join”)
- Conventionally given as the gloss to the Classical Chinese sentence-final particle 也 (yě) in traditional character dictionaries.
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