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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 이ᇧ (Yale: isk).
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | ikki |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | i'kki |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | ikki |
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| Yale Romanization? | i.kki |
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Noun
이끼 • (ikki)
- moss
Derived terms
- 꽃이끼 (kkochikki, “reindeer moss”)
- 물긴가지이끼 (mulgin'gajiikki, “floating crystalwort”)
- 우산이끼 (雨傘‒, usanikki, “thallose liverwort”)
- 은행이끼 (銀杏‒, eunhaeng'ikki, “fringed heartwort”)