기니

기니

Korean

Etymology 1

From English Guinea or French Guinée.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[kini]
• Phonetic Hangul[기니]

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

Proper noun

기니 • (Gini)

1. Guinea

Etymology 2

From 길다 (gilda, “to be long”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[ˈkiːni]
• Phonetic Hangul[기:니]

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."