금기

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 禁忌.

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkɯ(ː)mɡi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geumgi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geumgi
McCune–Reischauer?kŭmgi
Yale Romanization?kūmki

Noun

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금기 (geumgi) (hanja 禁忌)

  1. taboo
    Synonym: 터부 (teobu)
  2. contraindication

Derived terms

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