기니

Korean

Etymology 1

From English Guinea or French Guinée.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kini]
• Phonetic hangul: [기니]

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

Proper noun

기니 • (Gini)

1. Guinea (a country in Africa)

Etymology 2

From 길다 (gilda, “to be long”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈki(ː)ni]
• Phonetic hangul: [기(ː)니]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
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."