잇기

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. From 잇 (it-, “to join”) +‎ 기 (-gi, “-ing, -ment”).

Pronunciation

• (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

잇기 • (itgi)

1. verbal noun of 잇다 (itda, “to join”)
2. Conventionally given as the gloss to the Classical Chinese sentence-final particle 也 (yě) in traditional character dictionaries.

Derived terms

• 끝말잇기 (kkeunmaritgi)