Korean

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Etymology

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Contraction of 기본 수사 (基本 數詞, gibon susa, “basic number words”).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gisusa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gisusa
McCune–Reischauer?kisusa
Yale Romanization?kiswusa

Noun

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기수사 (gisusa) (hanja 基數詞)

  1. (linguistics) cardinal
    Synonym: 양수사(量數詞) (yangsusa)