코끼리

Jeju

Alternative forms

퀘끼리 (kwekkiri)

Etymology

From Middle Korean 고〮키리〮 (kwókhìlí). Cognate to Korean 코끼리 (kokkiri)

Pronunciation

(Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽kʰok͈ili⫽
(Jeju City) IPA^(key): [kʰok͈iɾi]
Phonetic hangul: [코끼리]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	kokkiri
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	kokkili
Yale Romanization^?	khwokkili

Noun

코끼리 (kokkiri)

(zoology) elephant

Korean

Etymology

By surface analysis, 코 (ko, “nose”) +‎ -ㅅ- (-s-) +‎ 길— (gil-, “long”) +‎ -이 (-i, “-er”, noun-deriving suffix), literally “long-noser”. First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 고〮키리〮 (Yale: kwókhìlí).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kʰo̞k͈iɾi]
Phonetic hangul: [코끼리]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	kokkiri
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	ko'kkili
McCune–Reischauer^?	k'okkiri
Yale Romanization^?	kho.kkili

Noun

코끼리 • (kokkiri) (counter 마리)

(zoology) elephant

Derived terms

인도코끼리 (Indokokkiri, “Indian elephant”)
아프리카코끼리 (Apeurikakokkiri, “African elephant”)