잇기
Korean edit
Etymology edit
Of native Korean origin. From 잇 (it-, “to join”) + 기 (-gi, “-ing, -ment”).
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈi(ː)t̚k͈i]
- Phonetic hangul: [읻(ː)끼]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | itgi |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | isgi |
| McCune–Reischauer? | itki |
| Yale Romanization? | īski |
Noun edit
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.
Derived terms edit
- 끝말잇기 (kkeunmaritgi)