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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 籠球, from 籠 (“basket”) + 球 (“ball”), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 籠球 (rōkyū).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | nonggu |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | nonggu |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | nonggu |
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| Yale Romanization? | nongkwu |
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Noun
농구 • (nonggu) (hanja 籠球)
- (sports) basketball
Derived terms
- 농구하다 (籠球—, nongguhada, “to play basketball”)
- 농구공 (籠球공, nonggugong, “a basketball (ball)”)
- 농구 선수 (籠球選手, nonggu seonsu, “basketball player”)