KoreanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- 롱구 (ronggu) (North Korean)
EtymologyEdit
Sino-Korean word from 籠球, from 籠 (“basket”) and 球 (“ball”).
PronunciationEdit
Romanizations
| Revised transcription | nonggu |
| Revised transliteration | nonggu |
| McCune–Reischauer | nonggu |
| Yale | nongkwu |
NounEdit
농구 (nonggu) (hanja 籠球)
Related termsEdit
- 농구하다 (nongguhada, “to play basketball”, 籠球하다)
- 농구공 (nonggugong, “a basketball (ball)”, 籠球공)
- 농구선수 (nongguseonsu, “basketball player”, 籠球選手)